Ahmedabad cleanest city under new ranking system

Indore, which has been the cleanest city in this category for the past seven years, has been elevated to the Super Swachh League (SSL) cities along with Surat (last year’s joint topper), Navi Mumbai (last year’s second), and Vijayawada, another consistent top performer in the million-population category

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Ahmedabad was named the cleanest big city Thursday, followed by Bhopal and Lucknow in the government’s annual cleanliness survey, even as Indore, Surat, Navi Mumbai and Vijayawada among 23 cities were elevated to a newly formed ‘Super Swachh League Cities’ category for demonstrating exceptional performance in sanitation.

The results of the Swachh Survekshan were announced Thursday. According to the government, 14 crore people participated in the survey through face-to-face interactions, the Swachhata App, MyGov and social media platforms in over 4,500 cities.