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Swachh Survekshan 2020 report
Why is it in news?
- Ministry of Union Housing and Urban Affairs released Swachh Survekshan 2020 report.
Swachh Survekshan 2020
- Swachh Survekshan survey was carried out under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Urabn.
- Cleanest city: Indore, for 4th time in a row.
- The survey of sanitation in over 4,000 cities was carried out over 28 days earlier this year.
- Among the cities with over 1 lakh population, Indore was ranked number one, followed by Surat, Navi Mumbai, Ambikapur, Mysore, Vijayawada, Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Chandrapur and Khargone.
- Among smaller cities, with population under 1 lakh, the top three cities — Karad, Sasvad and Lonavala — were all from Maharashtra.
- Chhattisgarh was ranked the cleanest State out of those with over 100 cities, while Jharkhand was the cleanest among those with fewer than 100 urban local bodies (ULBs) or cities.
- In the category of “Ganga towns”, Varanasi, PM’s Lok Sabha constituency, was ranked the cleanest.