Indore: Winners of 'Swachh Survekshan-2021' have been announced. Indore city of Madhya Pradesh came first for the fifth consecutive time. President Ram Nath Kovind today felicitated the winners. Surat (Gujarat) is second and Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) is third in Swachh Survekshan-2021. Under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, certified cities under the category of garbage-free cities were felicitated under the category of garbage-free cities on the lines of PM Narendra Modi's vision of making India garbage-free. While Varanasi of UP has been ranked first in the category of cleanest Ganga city in the annual sanitation survey of the Central Government. The event also showcased the best under the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs initiative 'Safaimitra Suraksha Challenge' The contribution of cleaning staff has also been enhanced by recognizing the cities. This time the Swachh Survekshan covers 4320 cities and cities, the world's largest sanitation survey.
More than 50 million feedback came: Only 73 major cities were surveyed at the beginning of the move in 2016. The success of this year's survey is estimated this time based on the number of feedback received from citizens. More than 5 0 million feedback came out this time. This number was 1.87 crore last year.
Swachh Survekshan 2021', the Department said that the performance of states and cities on the ground has shown a lot of improvement. He has said that, for example, 6 states and 6 Union Territories have improved their performance at the grass-root level from 5 to 25 per cent.
