Navi Mumbai Is India’s Cleanest City in Swachh Survekshan 2025-26, Ending Indore’s Eight-Year Run

Navi Mumbai has been named India’s cleanest city in Swachh Survekshan 2025-26, bringing an end to Indore’s eight-year hold on the top spot. The results of the Centre’s annual cleanliness survey were announced at a ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, where President Droupadi Murmu honoured the winning cities.

This edition assessed more than 4,700 urban local bodies under the theme “Swachhata Ki Nayi Pehel – Badhayein Haath, Karein Safai Saath”. According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, over 3,000 trained assessors carried out field inspections with real-time, GPS-enabled monitoring.

Super Swachh League

In the Super Swachh League, Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra came first, followed by Surat in Gujarat and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.

Indore and its partner town

A new Swachh Shehar Jodi category paired large cities with smaller towns. Ahmedabad and Sanand topped it, Indore and Depalpur came second, and Tirupati and Kuppam were third.

Other category winners

• Cities with over 10 lakh people: Greater Visakhapatnam first, then Jabalpur and Lucknow.
• Riverfront towns: Rewa (Madhya Pradesh) first, then Bilaspur and Varanasi.
• Coastal towns: Puri (Odisha) first, then Alappuzha and Ratnagiri.
• Himalayan cities: Rudrapur (Uttarakhand) first, then Jammu and Shopian.

The survey gave more weight this year to specialised categories such as riverfront, coastal and Himalayan cities.

Photo: South Navi Mumbai skyline by This Now, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

• Navi Mumbai Takes Crown As India’s Cleanest City, Ends Indore’s Eight Year Dominance — Bombay Samachar