New Delhi: Indore in Madhya Pradesh has been ranked as the cleanest among 434 cities while Bhopal in the same State followed it to be the second cleanest city in a survey which was released here today by Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu. However, Gonda in Uttar Pradesh is at the bottom of the list and Bhusawal in Maharashtra stands second-last in the ranking.
The survey was carried out during January and February this year. Mr Naidu said, “Karnataka’s Mysuru that was ranked cleanest among cities in 2015 survey covering over 73 cities has dropped to number five while Tiruchirapally in Tamil Nadu gets the sixth rank followed by New Delhi Municipal Council at number seven.” The New Delhi Municipal Council area dropped to seventh position, slipping three places from last year where 1.5 per cent of capital’s 16.78 million residents live. The swach Bharat Campaign was launched in 2014 that aims to make India clean and open defeacation free by 2019. (UNI)