Andhra Pradesh has won six awards in the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 national cleanliness rankings, The Hindu reported. Municipal Administration Minister P. Narayana is receiving them from President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The winners
- Vijayawada, Guntur and Tirupati municipal corporations: Super Swachh League
- Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation: Promising Swachh Shehar
- Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation: SafaiMitra Surakshit Shehar
- Kuppam Municipality: Swachh City among urban local bodies with a population under 20,000
The state's Municipal Administration Department credited its continued recognition to sanitation and cleanliness initiatives across the state.
Background: this year's survey
This is the 10th edition of Swachh Survekshan, which has grown from 73 urban local bodies in 2016 to more than 4,751 cities, according to the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry. Cities were assessed on 43 indicators across 10 areas, from waste segregation and collection to sanitation workers' welfare and citizen feedback, by more than 3,000 trained assessors using GPS-tracked field checks.
The full list of national winners is announced at Wednesday's ceremony.