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Navi Mumbai, Surat and Vijayawada top Swachh Survekshan 2025–26; 60 awards given

President Murmu presented the awards for the 10th edition, which covered 4,751 cities and 2.70 crore citizens’ feedback.

By BDT News Desk

Published 12 Nov 2026, 5:08 PM IST · 2 min read

Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26
Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26 Photo: PIB

President Droupadi Murmu honoured India's cleanest cities at the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025–26 in New Delhi on Wednesday, where 60 national awards were announced.

The ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan was held by the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry in the presence of Union Minister Manohar Lal and Minister of State Tokhan Sahu. The awards cover Swachh Shehar Jodi, the Super Swachh League, Swachh Shehar in five population categories, Swachh River Front Town, Swachh Coastal Town, Clean Himalayan City and State First.

What the President said

Murmu said cleanliness cannot be achieved by one institution alone and needs everyone's participation, citizen involvement, behavioural change and accountability. She called for teaching issues such as plastic waste management in schools and praised the Swachh Shehar Jodi initiative, in which cities learn from and support each other.

The numbers from the ministry

  • The survey has grown from 73 cities in 2016 to 4,751 cities in 2025–26, and 2.70 crore citizens gave feedback.
  • More than 350 urban local bodies improved their rank by over 500 places, and over 1,700 smaller towns with fewer than 50,000 people moved up from 2024–25.
  • Manohar Lal said urban waste processing has risen from 16% to 80%, door-to-door collection from 44% to over 96%, and nearly 11,000 acres have been freed from old dumpsites.
  • Under Swachh Shehar Jodi, 70 mentor cities were paired with 191 mentee cities. The top pairs were mentor Ahmedabad and mentee Sanand, Indore and Depalpur, and Tirupati and Kuppam.

The ministry also announced a PRAGATI-50 plan to develop 50 Model Clean Cities. The full list of winners is in the ministry's release at the source link below.

Photos

Photo: PIB

Photo: PIB

Photo: PIB

Photo: PIB

Photo: PIB

Photo: PIB

Photo: PIB

Source: official release by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, issued through the Press Information Bureau, Government of India (11 NOV 2026 8:31PM by PIB Delhi). Read the full official text: Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26; also PRESIDENT OF INDIA PRESENTS SWACHH SURVEKSHAN AWARDS.

How we verified this

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Every fact, figure and quotation is taken from the official PIB release (Release ID 2335207 and 2335224) issued by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs on 11 NOV 2026 8:31PM by PIB Delhi; checked against the source on publication. Story written by BDT from that release; no outside facts added.

Fact-checked by Hemant Sharma on 12 Nov 2026, 5:08 PM IST.

Sources

  1. 1.Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26 — Press Information Bureau, Government of India
  2. 2.PRESIDENT OF INDIA PRESENTS SWACHH SURVEKSHAN AWARDS — Press Information Bureau, Government of India

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