Madhya Pradesh’s Indore becomes India’s cleanest city once again. The city has bagged this accolade for the seventh consecutive year, as per the Swachh Survekshan 2023 – the annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation that is happening in India since the year 2016. For the first time, Gujarat’s Surat also emerged as the joint winner of the title.

Navi Mumbai which came third in last year’s awards, retained its position.While, Maharashtra’s Saswad got the cleanest city award for urban centres with less than 1 lakh population. Patan in Chattisgarh and Lonavla in Maharashtra were the second and third cleanest cities in this category.

Varanasi and Prayagraj were adjudged cleanest Ganga Towns. MHOW Cantonment Board in Madhya Pradesh was given the award for cleanest cantonment town.