Hon’ble President Murmu Confers Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 Awards

• 18 Jul 2025
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On 17 July 2025, Hon’ble President Smt. Droupadi Murmu presented the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 Awards at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The Awards event was hosted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. In the presence of Union Minister Shri Manohar Lal and Mos, MoHUA, Shri Tokhan Sahu, a total of 23 Super Swachh League Cities received felicitations for their sanitary efforts. 

With Ahmedabad, Bhopal and Lucknow emerging as leading Swachh Shehar, the new age of clean cities of India has made its arrival. With a special acknowledgement for Mahakumbh, 43 national awards were announced.

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Prayagraj received the award for Best Ganga Town, at the prestigious award event, from Union Minister Shri Manohar Lal. The Best Cantonment Board title was received by Secunderabad Cantonment for its remarkable sanitation efforts. 

For their praiseworthy dedication for ensuring safety and dignity of sanitation workers, Gorakhpur, GVMC Vishakhapatnam and Jabalpur were announced as the Best SafaiMitra Surakshit Shehar. 

Prayagraj Municipal Corporation, Prayagraj Mela Adhikari and the State Government of Uttar Pradesh received a special distinction for their outstanding municipal waste management during the Mahakumbh, the largest congregation in the world, which drew an estimated 66 crore individuals.

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The Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 made it easier for smaller cities to compete and move up the swachhata ladder. Also, this time, it streamlined and improved the framework for larger cities. As per a report, smaller cities were on an equal footing with larger cities. The best-performing cities in each state were named Promising Swachh Shehars in accordance with the "One City, One Award" concept. This honor was given to 34 cities in different States and Union Territories to demonstrate their outstanding advancements in urban cleanliness and sanitation quality.

At the event, Hon’ble President Murmu praised the Ministry for promoting the 3R approach consisting of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. She admired the waste to wealth memento she was presented with. Further, she said, “waste is best” is the mantra and it gives strength to circularity in the economy.” She outlined its role in empowering the country’s youth, creating green jobs, and forming entrepreneurial opportunities, engaging SHGs.

The Hon'ble President said, “I am heartened to see that cities have embraced the principles of a circular economy and swachhata as part of our swabhav and sanskaar.” She applauded cities with less than 1 lakh population who established excellent swachhata standards. She commended how the school interventions, initiatives for source segregation startup and zero waste colonies are making the resolution for Swacch Bharat even more powerful. “The Viksit Bharat of 2047 will be exemplary for the world”, she concluded.

Key Highlights of Swachh Survekshan Award 2024-25

Here are the key highlights of the Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 Award:

• For the eighth year in a row, Madhya Pradesh's Indore has maintained its top spot as India's cleanest city, followed by Surat and Navi Mumbai, under the ‘Super Swachh League’ category.

• 14 crore citizens participated in the nationwide survey for awards via direct interactions, MyGov portal and the Swacchata App.

• More than 4,500 urban areas were covered to select the winners for the awards.

• Ahmedabad claimed the first rank in the ‘Swacch Shahar’ category. Bhopal and Lucknow secured the second and third ranks, respectively.

• Overall 78 awards were conferred at the awards ceremony across four main categories: (i) Super Swachh League Cities, (ii) Top Three Clean Cities across five population brackets, (iii) Special Category Awards (like Ganga Towns, Cantonment Boards, SafaiMitra Suraksha, and Mahakumbh) and (iv) State-Level Awards (for Promising Clean Cities in States and Union Territories).

• For cities with a population between 3-10 lakhs, a new ‘Super Swacch League’ category was introduced. This category was topped by Noida, followed by Chandigarh and Mysore, respectively.

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