Swachh Bharat Awards: Indore cleanest city in India; Delhi slips to 7th spot in latest ranking

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New Delhi: Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday announced the Swachh Survekshan Awards in New Delhi, with Indore topping the list of the survey.

Happy to announce results of #SwachhSurvekshan2017 survey. I would call these results as ‘Citizens’ Verdict’ on sanitation in Urban areas! pic.twitter.com/YbYfD3n57s

— M Venkaiah Naidu (@MVenkaiahNaidu) May 4, 2017

The Swachh survey, which included 434 cities across the country, showed Indore in Madhya Pradesh, as the cleanest city, overtaking Karnataka's Mysuru.

Gonda in Uttar Pradesh was found the be the dirtiest, while the New Delhi Municipal Council area, slipped to seventh position, dropping three places from last year.

Bhopal, another city in MP, came at second spot, followed by Visakhapatnam (Vizag) and Surat.

Mysuru, which was India's cleanest city last year, slipped to number five.

Addressing at #SwachhSurvekshan2017 function, Naidu praised the state of Gujarat, adding that it has done incredibly well as 12 of its cities features in the list of top 50 clean cities of India.

MP and Jharkhand were also found to have improved their cleanliness levels compared to the previous survey as well.

It is said that the criteria of ranking is based on obtainability of infrastructure and facility points connected to hygiene such like single domestic toilets and community toilets and also the transference and dispensation of municipal hard leftover.