Madhya Pradesh’s Indore retained its top spot as the cleanest city in the country for the eighth time in a row as President Draupadi Murmu gave away the Swachh Survekshan, 2025 awards in New Delhi on Thursday. Multiple other cities, including the State capital Bhopal also won awards in various other categories.
State Cabinet Minister for Urban Development and Housing Kailash Vijayvargiya, an MLA from Indore, and city Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav received the award for the cleanest city in the ‘Super Swachh League’ cities with above 10 lakh population category.
Bhopal, on the other hand, bagged the second place in the ‘Swachh Shehar’ category with above 10 lakh population, while neighbouring Dewas won the first rank in the 50,000-3 lakh population category. Shahganj, a town in Sehore district, won the third place in the less than 20,000 population category.
Pilgrim city of Ujjain, the hometown of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, also won the fourth place in the ‘Super Swachh League’ cities with population between 3 and 10 lakh, while Budhni, the hometown of Union Minister and former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, was ranked fifth in the less than 20,000 population category.
Jabalpur was declared ‘Best SaifaiMitra Surakshit Shehar (safest city for sanitation workers)’ along with Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur and Andhra Pradesh’s Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation for their outstanding commitment to the safety and dignity of sanitation workers.
Meanwhile, Jabalpur also got a special mention in the ‘Recognition of Special Initiative of Swachh Mahakumbh 2025’ category, while Gwalior was named the ‘Promising Swachh Shehar’ of the State.
Mr. Yadav, who is currently in Spain for an official visit, congratulated the public, officials and the sanitation workers across the State.
“I am happy that Madhya Pradesh has topped once again as always and receiving cleanliness awards in various categories proves that Madhya Pradesh has now become the pioneer in cleanliness in the country. I extend hearty congratulations and best wishes to all the citizens of the State’s local bodies, especially the sanitation workers, public representatives and concerned officials for this success,” Mr. Yadav said, while praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving an opportunity to cities to compete in cleanliness.
Meanwhile, the State Government said that 203 cities and towns of Madhya Pradesh received star rating certifications this year, 12 percent more than the last year’s 157 cities.
“In the survey, Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur got 7 star rank, Dewas, Rewa and Satna got 5 star rank. 36 cities of the state got 3 star rank and 161 cities got one star rank,” the Government said in a statement.
Published – July 18, 2025 04:53 am IST
