Swachh Sarvekshan results: Mysuru is India’s cleanest city, PM’s constituency Varanasi among dirtiest

Karnataka’s Mysuru was on Monday voted as India’s cleanest city under the Swachh Sarvekshan campaign based on sanitation surveys done across Indian cities. Chandigarh, Tiruchirapalli and the New Delhi Municipal Council were the other three names topping the list of 73 cities surveyed for sanitation and hygiene conditions as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi ranked 65 in the list of 73 on account of its abysmal sanitation facilities.

Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, while releasing the list of the survey, said that the top 10 cities have made significant improvement over the situation in 2014 and have been referred to as ‘Top 10 movers’.

Here are the 10 cleanest cities of India:

1) Mysuru

2) Chandigarh

3) Tiruchirapalli

4) New Delhi Municipal Council (NCT Delhi)

5) Vishakhapatnam

6) Surat

7) Rajkot

8) Gangtok

9) Pimpri-Chinchwad

10) Greater Mumbai