Nineteen out of the 25 dirtiest cities in India are from West Bengal,
with Bhadreshwar in Gujarat at the bottom of the list of 500 cities
with a population of over one lakh, a nationwide cleanliness survey by
the union housing and urban affairs ministry has found.
The cities, which include Darjeeling, Siliguri, Serampore, Madhyamgram, North Barrackpore, Bankura, fared abysmally on all sanitation indicators such as waste collection, open defecation, solid waste processing and disposal, the survey found.
Three cities each from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are also among the dirtiest, figuring in the bottom of the list.
In all, 4203 urban local bodies were surveyed between January and March and ranked under different categories, based on their population. Besides, for the first time all the cantonment boards, run by the army, were also included in the survey.
West Bengal also fared among the bottom four dirtiest states in the country, followed by Nagaland, Puducherry and Tripura.
Jharkhand is the cleanest state in India followed by Maharashtra and Chattisgarh, according to the report, which was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Indore on Saturday June 23,2018
Among the cities, Indore is the cleanest -- second year in a row -- followed by Bhopal and Chandigarh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also gave away the award to the cleanest states and cities at a function. Varanasi, PM Modi’s parliamentary constituency, was ranked 29 among the list of 500 cities.
Last year it was ranked 32.
The cities, which include Darjeeling, Siliguri, Serampore, Madhyamgram, North Barrackpore, Bankura, fared abysmally on all sanitation indicators such as waste collection, open defecation, solid waste processing and disposal, the survey found.
Three cities each from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are also among the dirtiest, figuring in the bottom of the list.
In all, 4203 urban local bodies were surveyed between January and March and ranked under different categories, based on their population. Besides, for the first time all the cantonment boards, run by the army, were also included in the survey.
West Bengal also fared among the bottom four dirtiest states in the country, followed by Nagaland, Puducherry and Tripura.
Jharkhand is the cleanest state in India followed by Maharashtra and Chattisgarh, according to the report, which was released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Indore on Saturday June 23,2018
Among the cities, Indore is the cleanest -- second year in a row -- followed by Bhopal and Chandigarh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also gave away the award to the cleanest states and cities at a function. Varanasi, PM Modi’s parliamentary constituency, was ranked 29 among the list of 500 cities.
Last year it was ranked 32.
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