Swachh Survekshan Awards 2020: Proud moment for PM Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi

Swachh Survekshan Awards 2020 results are finally out, and in a proud moment for PM Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi, the city has been the adjudged the 'best Ganga town' in the central government's cleanliness survey. Taking to Twitter, Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs (I/C); Civil Aviation (I/C); and MoS Commerce and Industry, Hardeep Singh Puri said, "Ancient holy town of Varanasi is rightfully the cleanest town on the banks of river Ganga. Heartiest congratulations to PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, who represents the city in Lok Sabha, for his visionary leadership which has inspired the people of the town for this achievement."

Ancient holy town of Varanasi is rightfully the cleanest town on the banks of river Ganga.

Heartiest congratulations to PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, who represents the city in Lok Sabha, for his visionary leadership which has inspired the people of the town for this achievement. pic.twitter.com/sPXxBpZUnq

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) August 20, 2020

Indore was adjudged India's cleanest city for the fourth straight year in the central government's cleanliness survey announced on Thursday.

The fourth consecutive win!

Congratulations to all the officials and citizens of Indore for winning the Cleanest City Award in #SwachhSurvekshan2020.

Your continuous zeal & enthusiasm to keep your city clean has become an inspiration for all.

Congratulations Indore! pic.twitter.com/4wulewXMHa

— Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (@MoHUA_India) August 20, 2020

The second and third positions in the category were grabbed by Surat and Navi Mumbai respectively.

Congratulations Surat!

The bustling industrial town of Gujarat emerges as India’s 2nd cleanest city.

Congratulations to Gujarat CM Sh @vijayrupanibjp Ji, people of Gujarat, political leadership & Municipal Corporation for this superlative performance. pic.twitter.com/MC8FB8mHtq

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) August 20, 2020

Navi Mumbai is India’s 3rd cleanest city.

Heartiest congratulations to the people & municipal authorities for achieving this remarkable feat. pic.twitter.com/89k2kbL7Dm

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) August 20, 2020

The Swachh Survekshan awards 2020 were announced by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri at a ceremony.

Swachh Survekshan 2020: HIGHLIGHTS

-Swachh Survekshan 2020 is the World’s largest cleanliness survey which ranked a total of 4,242 cities, 62 Cantonment Boards and 92 Ganga Towns and saw an unprecedented participation of 1.87 crore citizens.

- The event is being organized by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India.

- Completed in 28 days

-1.7 crore citizens registered on Swachhata App

-Over 11 crore impressions on social media

-Over 5.5 lakh sanitary workers linked to social welfare schemes and over 84,000 informal waste

pickers integrated into the mainstream

-Over 21,000 Garbage Vulnerable Points identified and transformed

Swachh Survekshan

- In Swachh Survekshan 2020, in order to ensure continuous assessment and sustainability of on-ground performance of cities, the Government had also introduced Swachh Survekshan League, a quarterly cleanliness assessment of cities and towns conducted across three quarters,with 25% weightage integrated into the final Swachh Survekshan results for this year.

- Swachh Survekshan was introduced by the government with the objective of generating large scale citizen participation in the Mission, along with inculcating a spirit of healthy competition among cities towards becoming India’s cleanest cities.

- MoHUA had conducted Swachh Survekshan 2016 survey for rating 73 majorcities in January 2016, followed by Swachh Survekshan 2017 conducted in January-February 2017 for ranking 434 cities.

- Swachh Survekshan 2018, which, ranked 4,203 citiesfollowed by SS 2019 which not only covered 4,237 cities but was also the first-of-its-kind completely digital survey completed in a record time of 28 days.