New Delhi: The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, presented Swachh Survekshan awards at a function organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in New Delhi today. Surat has grabbed the top spot as the cleanest city in the country, jointly with Indore.

The diamond city has been emerging as the second cleanest city since 2020 and has now secured the top spot with Indore, which has become the cleanest city for the 7th time in a row. Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai clinched the 3rd spot in the All India Clean City rankings.

For the ‘best performing States’ category, Maharashtra secured the highest position, with Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh following closely in second and third place, respectively.

Speaking on the occasion, the President said that the Swachh Survekshan conducted with wide participation is an important step towards raising the level of cleanliness. She appreciated all for moving forward on the path of ‘Cleanliness to Prosperity’. She was happy to note that cleanliness campaigns are creating opportunities for economic self-reliance of women.

The President said that about one-third of our population live in urban areas. Cleanliness of cities and towns is essential for their health and development. She noted that a huge amount of urban land is buried under mountains of garbage. She said that such mountains of garbage are extremely harmful for the health of the urban population. She was happy to note that such dump-sites are being eliminated under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. She expressed confidence that effective work will be done in all the urban areas and the target of zero dump-site will be achieved.

The President said that youth are our most important stakeholders. If the young generation decides to keep all the cities and the entire country clean, then India of 2047 will certainly celebrate its centenary of independence by being included among the cleanest countries in the world. She urged all the youth of the country to move forward with the big goal of making India the cleanest country in the world. DeshGujarat

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