Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022: UPSC Daily Important Topic | 19 October 2022

Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022

Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022

Cleanest City:

✓More than 1 lakh Population: Indore, the city of lakes and palaces, walked away with the Cleanest City title, while Surat was adjudged the second cleanest city, for the second time in a row, Navi Mumbai bagged the third spot.

✓Less than 1 lakh Population: Panchgani and Karad from Maharashtra bagged the first and third positions respectively, while Patan from Chhattisgarh bagged the second position.

✓Best Ganga Town: Haridwar in Uttarakhand received the award for the best Ganga town in more than one lakh population cities.

✓Fast Mover City Award: Shivamogga in Karnataka.

Cleanest States:

✓States with More than 100 Urban Local Bodies: Madhya Pradesh emerged as the ‘Cleanest State’, Chattisgarh in second place and third in Maharashtra.

✓States with less than 100 Urban Local Bodies: Tripura emerged as the Cleanest State. Jharkhand and Uttarakhand received the second and third spots respectively.

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