The SportsGrail | Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022 Winners, Ranking List And Winner Report

Oct 02,2022

Swachh Survekshan 2022 Awards were given out by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). At a ceremony in New Delhi on Saturday. President Droupadi Murmu gave the winners their awards. Hardeep Singh Puri, the minister of housing and urban affairs for the Union, attended the occasion as well.

According to PTI, Madhya Pradesh wins the “Swachh Survekshan Awards 2022” category for best performing States.

According to news agency ANI, Surat and Navi Mumbai took the top two rankings. In the annual cleanliness study conducted by the Central government. With Indore being voted India’s cleanest city for the sixth year in a row.

The 2022 Awards
Indore and Surat continued to be the top two major cities this year. But Vijaywada fell to third place behind Navi Mumbai. Tripura has achieved the highest ranking. Among the States with fewer than 100 urban local bodies, according to the poll results, according to PTI.

The top three cities with populations under one lakh were Patan in Chhattisgarh, Karhad in Maharashtra, and Panchgani in Maharashtra.

Haridwar, Varanasi, and Rishikesh were found to be the cleanest Ganga towns in the category of towns with more than 1 lakh residents.

Bijnor was ranked first among Ganga towns with fewer than a lakh residents. According to PTI, Kannauj and Garhmukhteshwar are the following cities.

In order to rank Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in accordance with various requirements. For cleanliness and sanitation, the seventh edition of Swachh Survekshan was conducted.

According to PTI, the Survekshan has grown from a survey of 73 cities in 2016 to one of 4,354 cities this year.

What is Swachh Survekshan?
Swachh Survekshan is an annual survey of sanitation, hygiene, and cleanliness in Indian villages, cities, and towns. The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, which was started with the goal of making India clean. And free of open defecation by 2 October 2019, included its debut. The initial study was conducted in 2016 and covered 73 cities. Including all state capitals and 53 cities with a population of over a million people. By 2020, the poll had expanded to 4242 cities and was the largest cleanliness survey. The Quality Council of India conducts the surveys.

The Quality Council of India conducted the study, which in 2020 encompassed 4242 cities and towns. It included the collection of 5 lakh+ ULB Document Evidence, 24 lakh+ Geotagged Photos from the Field. And comments from 1.9 crore individuals.