Swachh Survekshan 2017 declared a list of “Cleanest cities in India” in a recent survey that they conducted at a national level for the second time since the announcement of “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” by our worthy PM Modi.
In his vision of making Indian cities to be cleanest of all, the mission did not cease to exist at the announcement level itself but proper implementation and quality checks are also being carried out. One such massive survey that revealed the cleanest cities’ list of 2017 in India has declared their results today.
About Swachh Survekshan 2017 – Cleanest Cities of India
Swachh Survekshan launched under Ministry of Urban Development conducted a survey in 2017 to keep a quality check as to how clean a particular Indian city is. Based on the survey conducted, markings are done and ranks are allotted to declare the cleanest of all the cities in Indian sub-continent. Declaration of results of recent survey in 2017 shows tremendous amounts of achievement by leaps and bounds. The facts can be corroborated from the survey wherein the cities which did not even make it to the list of the last survey are being ranked among the top few cities of India termed as ‘cleanest cities of India.”
Cleanest Cities in India of 2017
Sounds as fancy as it seems, but doesn’t the happiness quotient of residents of a particular city rise when their surroundings are clean? It surely does, and by a whopping margin. Yeah, we can’t calculate as to ‘how much’ of the abstract feeling of happiness prevails, but what one gets assurance of is the fact that a great weightage i.e. of atleast 30% is assigned in the survey to mark the city based on “the views of its residents.”
Here’s what the complete list of Top 30 “Cleanest cities in India of 2017” looks like. Swachh Survekshan Survey 2017.
Rank City State
- Indore Madhya Pradesh
- Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
- Vishakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
- Surat Gujarat
- Mysuru Karnatka
- Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu
- New Delhi New Delhi
- Navi Mumbai Maharashtra
- Tirupati Andhra Pradesh
- Vadodara Gujarat
- Chandigarh Punjab/Haryana
- Ujjain Madhya Pradesh
- Pune Maharashtra
- Ahmedabad Gujarat
- Ambikapur Chhatisgarh
- Coimbatore Tamil Nadu
- Khargone Madhya Pradesh
- Rajkot Gujarat
- Vijaywada Andhra Pradesh
- Gandhinagar Gujarat
- Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh
- Hyderabad Telangana
- Sagar Madhya Pradesh
- Murwara (Katni) Madhya Pradesh
- Navsari Gujarat
- Vapi Gujarat
- Gwalior Madhya Pradesh
- Warangal Telangana
- Mumbai Maharashtra
- Suryapet Telangana
Cleanest Cities in India, Survey Criteria 2017
What makes Indore & Bhopal top the list and Mumbai to be at 29th position is the criteria of assessment. Interestingly, the survey was carried out in 400+ cities at a pan India level with considering at least views from 72% of the population from each. The rankings are done based on judgements made on the following listed criteria that take into account in assigning marks to a particular city of India as clean: (Swachh Survekshan 2017 Survey)
- Urban Sanitation
- Waste collection, sweeping and transportation management system
- Processing and Disposal of Waste
- Toilets
- Information and education of public
- Behavioural change among locals
Cleanest Cities in India in 2017, Areas of Assessment
The final marks for Swachh Survekshan Survey 2017 were calculated by incorporating individual marks of three areas by assigning fixed weightages to each for the sake of transparency and accountability. The three governing areas are:
- Data procured by Municipal Body of the area carrying around 900 marks
- Data Collection via personal and direct observations and assessments carried out independently carrying 500 marks
- Collection of Feedback from local citizens carrying 600 marks
- Finally, combining all of the above to generate marks and ranks
After all this, what we know of is that “Swachh Bharat” launch was not an eye-wash. Not restricting themselves merely on papers, the groundwork has been done, the base has been set, foundations have been laid and what we see now are the quality checks and rankings incorporating a healthy fight among cities battling to be No. 1 to be the cleanest city of all in India year by year. Synonymous to a painting competition in a school wherein little kids storm their minds to get their creativity out to be ranked as No. 1 in Swachh Survekshan 2017 Survey.
No worries!!! Fostering healthy competition between cities to compete against one another to get top ranking in being the “cleanest city of India”, the survey aimed at judging the cities on various criteria, big or small , weightages had been assigned to all such criteria finally contributing to the overall marking and ranking system of a particular city in the list of “cleanest cities of India.”
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