Swachh Sarvekshan spells bad news for Modi’s Varanasi, Mysuru emerges cleanest of all

The report on how Swachh Bharat Mission was successful is out and states that cities in eastern and southern part of India did better than northern and western India.

The Swachh Sarvekshan survey that gauged the impact of cleanliness drive in 73 cities stated that Mysuru remained the cleanest of all, followed by Chandigarh and Tiruchirapalli.

However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Varanasi constituency was among the 10 dirtiest cities and Dhanbad ranked the worst.

A first such survey was done in 2014, which was a 476-city survey. Then also, Karnataka’s Mysuru had emerged as the winner.

If we compare the two analysis, cities that have improved include Visakhapatnam, Surat, Rajkot and Gangtok.

Meanwhile, the 10 dirtiest cities include Ghaziabad and Meerut.

In Delhi, South and North Delhi Municipal Corporation improved rankings and were at 47 to 43, respectively.

Tamil Nadu’s Chennai ranked 37 in comparison to its fourth position in 2014.

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