Swachh Survekshan

Swachh Survekshan (Cleanliness survey) is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in cities and towns across India. It was launched as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, which aimed to make India clean and free of open defecation by 2 October 2019. The first survey was undertaken in 2016 and covered 73 cities (53 cities with a population of over a million, and all state capitals); by 2020 the survey had grown to cover 4242 cities and was said to be the largest cleanliness survey in the world. The surveys are carried out by Quality Council of India.[1][2]

Survey methodology

The survey is carried out by the Quality Council of India, which in 2020 covered 4242 cities and towns, In include 5 Lakhs+ ULB Document Evidence captured,24 Lakhs+ Geotagged Photos captured from field and feedback from 1.9 crore people[3]

Survey in 2020 was weighted on 6000 points. The criteria and weightages for different components of sanitation related aspects used for the survey were:

a) Service Level Progress-1300 marks

b) Citizen feedback – 1500 marks

c) Direct observation – 1500 marks

d)GFC (SWM) 1,000 Marks; ODF /ODF+ / ODF++ 500 Marks

e) Average ranking of Quarterly Assessments (April 2019 to June 2019, July 2019 to Sep 2019, Oct 2019 to Dec 2019)-200 Marks

Highlights

In the 2020 survey:

  • Indore, in Madhya Pradesh, is India’s cleanest city
  • Surat, in Gujarat, Ranked second cleanest city of india and was followed by Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai
  • Varanasi was adjudged the ‘best Ganga town’ in the central government’s cleanliness survey.
  • A total of 1.9 crore citizens across 4,242 cities of the country participated in the survey held by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
  • The survey focused on collection segregated waste and maintenance till processing site, treatment and reuse of wastewater, curtailing solid waste-based air pollution, among other factors.
Indore (1)
Surat (2)
Navi Mumbai (3)
Location of Top 3 cleanest Indian Cities.

In the 2017 survey:

  • Indore, in Madhya Pradesh, was India’s cleanest city and Gonda, in Uttar Pradesh, was the filthiest
  • Of 10 cleanest cities, two were are from Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh each, while Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Maharashtra each had one
  • Out of 10 dirtiest cities, Uttar Pradesh had five cities, two each were from Bihar and Punjab, and one from Maharashtra
  • 118 out of 500 cities were found to be Open Defecation Free
  • 297 cities had 100% door to door collection of garbage
  • 37 lakh citizens showed interest in Swachh Surveksan
  • There were 404 cities in which at least 75% of residential areas were found substantially clean
  • Gujarat had 12 cities among the top 50 cleanest, followed by Madhya Pradesh with 11 and Andhra Pradesh with eight
  • Four of the dirtiest cities were in Uttar Pradesh and 50 of the state's towns were ranked 305 and below

Pre-evaluation results

Kota city

Cleanliness survey experts gave 525 out of 6 thousand to the municipal corporation of Kota that is a shameful situation for the city. The Kota, a city of Rajasthan famous for IIT and Medical coaching centers and a hub of educational institutions is seriously criticized by Swachhta Mission. The city is located at the bank of the Chambal River and epic center of six government universities i.e. Rajasthan Technical University, Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), University of Kota, Agriculture University, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, and Agriculture University. Every day tons of garbage and chemical materials are disposed into this river and none of these institutions initiated a single research project to alleviate such endangered situation and disruptions. The National Brand Ambassador of Swachh Bharat Mission Dr. DP Sharma evaluated the Swachhta status of the city in keeping view of the latest evaluation and ranking parameters and criticized the city Municipal Corporation for Swachhta management.[4] According to his evaluation the city scored only 545 marks out of 6000 point scale. Dainik Bhaskar, a leading news paper while covered the issue and the Swachhta situation of the city. the next day more than 49 NGOs along with social activists mobilize the public and private institutions and individuals to clean the city and took the collaborative oath to keep the city neat and clean. An Allen career has created a separate cleanness brigade to support the Swachhta mission and clean the city roads and Crematoriums which is inspired by the city ambiance.[4][5]

Survey results

According to the 2020 survey, Swachh Survekshan Results 2020: Indore in Madhya Pradesh retained its position as the cleanest city in India for the fourth consecutive year, according to the Swachh Survekshan 2020 survey results.[6][7][8]

While Gujarat’s Surat bagged the second spot, Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai ranked third. Varanasi was adjudged the ‘best Ganga town’ in the central government’s cleanliness survey.


Latest Results from annual city surveys (Swachh Sarveskshana surveys)
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Number of cities surveyed or ranked 73 434 4203 4237 4242
Duration of survey 4 January 2017 and 7 February 2017
Sources of data [9][10][11][12][1] [13] [14] [15] [16][17]
Cleanest ten cities
  1. Indore (Madhya Pradesh)
  2. Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu)
  3. Chandigarh
  4. New Delhi
  5. Visakhapatnam
  6. Surat (Gujarat)
  7. Rajkot (Gujarat)
  8. Gangtok (Sikkim)
  9. Pimpri-Chinchwad (Maharashtra)
  10. Greater Mumbai (Maharashtra)
  1. Indore
  2. Bhopal
  3. Vishakhapatnam
  4. Surat
  5. Mysore
  6. Tiruchirapalli
  7. New Delhi Municipal Council
  8. Navi Mumbai
  9. Tirupati
  10. Vadodara
  11. Coimbatore
  1. Indore
  2. Bhopal
  3. Chandigarh
  4. New Delhi (NDMC)
  5. Vijayawada
  6. Tirupati
  7. Visakhapatnam(GVMC)
  8. Mysore
  9. Navi Mumbai
  10. Pune
  1. Indore
  2. Ambikapur
  3. Mysuru
  4. Ujjain
  5. New Delhi (NDMC)
  6. Amdavad
  7. Navi Mumbai
  8. Tirupati
  9. Rajkot
  10. Dewas
 More than 1 Lakh Population
  1. Indore
  2. Surat
  3. Navi Mumbai
  4. Vijaywada
  5. Ahmedabad
  6. Rajkot
  7. Bhopal
  8. Chandigarh
  9. Vishakhapatnam(GVMC)
  10. Vadodara
Ten least clean cities (at the bottom of the list) 64. Kalyan Dombivili (Maharashtra)

65. Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

66. Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)

67. Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh)

68. Raipur (Chhattisgarh)

69. Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)

70. Patna (Bihar)

71. Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)

72. Asansol (West Bengal)

73. Dhanbad (Jharkhand)
Swachh Survekshan 2020 Rankings by city[18]
Swachh Survekshan Rank City State/Union Territory
1 Indore Madhya Pradesh
2 Surat Gujarat
3 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra
4 Ambikapur Chhattisgarh
5 Mysore Karnataka
6 Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh
7 Ahmedabad Gujarat
8 New Delhi (NDMC) Delhi
9 Chandrapur_M Maharashtra
10 Khargone Madhya Pradesh
Source: Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.[19]

References
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  2. Swachh Survekshan, 2019 Report (PDF). Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019.
  3. https://www.swachhsurvekshan2020.org/#
  4. Automation, Bhaskar (2019-12-21). "स्वच्छता सर्वे; एक्सपर्ट्स ने नगर निगम को 6 हजार में से 525 नंबर दिए यानी शर्मनाक स्थिति". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  5. Automation, Bhaskar (2019-12-27). "एलन स्वच्छता ब्रिगेड ने स्वच्छ मुक्तिधाम अभियान शुरू किया". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). Retrieved 2020-01-05.
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  12. Nagaon topped 8th cleanest city in India
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