The Central Government’s annual cleanliness survey was recently conducted, for which the results were announced on 1 October. Indore has once again been crowned as the cleanest city in India. Following Indore, the second cleanest city is Surat, which is followed by Navi Mumbai in the third position.
Below listed are some of the cleanest cities in India:
1. Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Indore is at the top of this list. No open garbage waste and unwanted conditions will block your view to exploring the beauty of this city. In this survey, Madhya Pradesh got the title of the best-performing state.
2. Surat, Gujarat
In Surat, a city in Gujarat, there are quite a few key activities performed which won it the title of second cleanest city. Some of these activities are- Intense sanitation drive, public sanitation, and zero waste policy. The city also plans to construct 3 lakhs of individual or community public toilets. The state government of Gujarat itself has decided that all the sanitary workers and employees concerned with the cleaning and drainage work will get a free health check-up twice a year to make sure they are not affected by any disease.
3. Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
Last year, Vijayawada was in the third position, but now has been replaced by Navi Mumbai. In all of Maharashtra, Navi Mumbai bagged the title of the cleanest city in the state. Navi Mumbai could achieve this feat by reducing, reusing and recycling waste.
4. Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh
One of the cleanest and oldest cities in the country, Ambikapur has set an example by reusing waste and generating income from it.
5. Mysore, Karnataka
A properly planned waste management scheme has helped Mysore to secure the fifth position in the list of cleanest cities in India. Mysore is a paradise destination for tourists.
6. Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
Declared as one of the cleanest big cities in India because of its well-planned urban management practices. The city attracts a huge amount of tourists.
7. Ahmedabad, Gujarat
This clean city is on the list of the cleanest cities in India due to its effective waste management and disposal scheme. It is also popularly known as Manchester of India.
8. New Delhi, Delhi
A surprising entry in this list is the capital city of India. Yes, you heard that right, New Delhi is among the top 10 cleanest cities in India. This has been possible because of the efforts of NDMC (New Delhi Municipal Corporation) to curb air pollution by adopting practices like banning firecrackers, limiting construction work, and odd-even vehicle rotation schemes, all of which have contributed to checking the air pollution levels in the city.
8. Chandrapur, Maharashtra
Chandrapur is another clean city in our country which is a municipal corporation in the eastern part of Maharashtra.
9. Khargone, Madhya Pradesh
Apart from Indore, Khargone is another city from the state of Madhya Pradesh that made it to the list of the cleanest cities in India. This small and beautiful metropolitan city is gaining popularity as a fast-growing tourist destination.
When tourists visit these 10 cleanest cities in India, they leave a good impression which definitely helps in spreading the word, hence attracting more tourists.
But now the question is why and how does Indore always manage to be on TOP?
Indore, the largest city of Madhya Pradesh, has once again been given the title of the cleanest city in India. Back when this survey was conducted for the first time, in 2016, Indore was in the 25th position. But since then, it has been topping the national ranking. This is the sixth time in a row that Indore has been titled the cleanest city. The city is garbage bin-free, even though it produces almost 1200 tons of dry waste and 700 tons of wet waste every day. This is 1,900 tons of waste every day, which gets segregated and processed and through which millions of rupees of revenue is generated, along with fuel for the city buses.
The city has 850 vehicles going around which collect the garbage from every household and business establishment, all this is taken to a collection point where it is segregated into six categories of garbage, namely- wet, electronics, plastics, non-plastics, biomedical, and hazardous. In other cities, waste is categorized into only 2 types- wet and dry. The vehicles themselves have compartments for various types of waste like discarded sanitary napkins are put in a separate compartment. This helps in making the processing easier.
The Indore Municipal Corporation’s waste disposal process makes use of a bio-CNG plant on wet waste collected from the city. It is Asia’s largest such facility. By processing waste, the plant produces 17,000-18,000 kgs of bio-CNG and 10 tons of organic manure. This bio-CNG is then used as a fuel for the city buses. This is much more cheap, economic and environmentally friendly than using commercial CNG. The city also has 8,500 Safai Mitras, or sanitary workers, who work in shifts throughout the day to keep the city clean. The sewage generated by the city is also treated at three special plants and is reused by 200 public gardens, farms and construction activities.
Indore also has many best from waste decorative structures all over the city. These structures are made from waste plastic bottles, utensils, spare tires, etc. It is also a city which is big on beautification of itself. There are many paintings, painted by local artists, all over the city.
It is no doubt then, that a city and a state committed to keeping itself clean and a people so inclined to hit the top rankings every year for their cleanliness habits - Indore remains the favourite of the cleanliness parameters year after year. Hope the other cities have a leaf to take out of Indore's books.
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