Navi Mumbai named India's cleanest city in Swachh Survekshan awards
President Droupadi Murmu presented the awards for the 10th annual cleanliness survey at a ceremony in New Delhi.
Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra has been adjudged the cleanest city in India according to The Hindu and The Indian Express. President Droupadi Murmu presented the awards for the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 at a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Surat in Gujarat and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh secured the second and third positions in the overall rankings. In the category for cities with a population exceeding 10 lakh, Greater Visakhapatnam ranked first, while Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh followed.
For cities with populations between 3 lakh and 10 lakh, Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh was named the cleanest. Chandigarh and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh were the next highest-ranked urban centres in this group.
Rewa in Madhya Pradesh was recognised as the cleanest riverfront town, ahead of Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Rudrapur in Uttarakhand topped the Himalayan city category, with Jammu and Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir taking the second and third spots.
Puri in Odisha was ranked as the cleanest coastal town, followed by Alappuzha in Kerala and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. The Swachh Survekshan is the flagship cleanliness assessment of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, with over 4,751 cities participating in this edition.