Navi Mumbai tops 2025-26 cleanliness survey

Navi Mumbai ranked first in the Super Swachh League category of the 2025-26 Swachh Survekshan, with Surat second and Vijayawada third. The results were announced at an awards ceremony in New Delhi, where President Droupadi Murmu presented awards to the winning cities, according to reports on the survey results.

The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said more than 4,700 urban local bodies took part in the annual survey. Its rankings covered several categories, including population groups and geographic classifications, so the top-three order for the Super Swachh League was not the only city ranking announced.

Indore, which had held the cleanest-city position for eight consecutive years, was placed in the newly introduced Swachh Shehar Jodi mentorship category with Depalpur. Ahmedabad and its partner town, Sanand, ranked first in that category; Indore and Depalpur were second, while Tirupati and Kuppam placed third. The initiative pairs cities with smaller towns to share sanitation and waste-management practices.

Other category winners included Greater Visakhapatnam among cities with populations above 10 lakh, and Ujjain among those with populations between three lakh and...