Navi Mumbai named India's cleanest city; Surat, Vijayawada follow in survey rankings

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Indore, India's cleanest city for eight consecutive years, ranked second in the new Mentor City category with partner town Depalpur.

Navi Mumbai has emerged as India's cleanest city, followed by Surat and Vijayawada, in the Centre's annual cleanliness survey, Swachh Survekshan 2025-26. The results, announced on Wednesday, also saw Madhya Pradesh's Rewa secure the top position among riverfront towns, while Uttarakhand's Rudrapur was adjudged the cleanest Himalayan city, news agency PTI reported.

More than 4,700 urban local bodies participated in this year's assessment, making it one of the country's extensive evaluations of urban sanitation and cleanliness.

In the category of cities with a population of over 10 lakh, Greater Visakhapatnam topped the rankings, followed by Jabalpur and Lucknow.

Among cities with populations between 3 lakh and 10 lakh, Ujjain secured the first position, while Chandigarh and Guntur finished second and third, respectively.

The latest rankings also brought a change in the position of Indore, which had held the title of India's cleanest city for eight consecutive years. This time, it was placed in the newly introduced Mentor City category under the 'Swachh Shehar Jodi' initiative. Indore secured the second position alongside its partner town, Depalpur.

Ahmedabad emerged as the top performer in this category, with Sanand as its partner town. Tirupati and its partner Kuppam secured the third position.

The initiative aims to encourage knowledge-sharing and improve cleanliness standards in smaller cities through guidance from better-performing urban centres.

President Droupadi Murmu presented the awards to the winning cities at a ceremony held on Wednesday.

The recognition covered several categories, including riverfront, coastal and Himalayan towns, apart from population-based classifications.

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