‘Swachh Survekshan-2017’: Indore, Bhopal India's two top cleanest cities, UP's Gonda dirtiest; Chandigarh cleanest capital

The government on Thursday announced Indore in Madhya Pradesh is India’s cleanest city while Gonda in Uttar Pradesh is the dirtiest, according to the ‘Swachh Survekshan-2017’.  

The survey results declared by Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said while Indore is the cleanest city in India, Bhopal gets the second position in the cleanliness ranking of 434 cities. The minister also shared the information on Twitter.  

The ‘Swachh Survekshan-2017’ ranked Gonda as the dirtiest city and Bhusawal in Maharashtra stands second-last in the ranking.

Congrats top 3 cleanest cities #Indore, #Bhopal, #Visakhapatnam. #CleanIndia is an integral part of making a #NewIndia #SwachhSurvekshan2017 pic.twitter.com/fi4gvy06UY

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

Gujarat has the maximum of 12 cities among the top 50 clean cities, closely followed by Madhya Pradesh with 11 and Andhra Pradesh with eight.

Uttar Pradesh accounted for half of the bottom 50 cities in the cleanliness ranking.

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