Cleanliness Survey 2018: Indore the cleanest city of India, followed by Bhopal and Chandigarh

The results of Swachh Survekshan 2018, which aims to estimate levels of cleanliness across cities in the country, were announced on Wednesday by Minister of State for Housing Hardeep Singh Puri .

Image tweeted by Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri

New Delhi: Indore emerged as the cleanest city, followed by Bhopal and Chandigarh in the government's cleanliness survey. The results of Swachh Survekshan 2018, which aims to estimate levels of cleanliness across cities in the country, were announced on Wednesday by Minister of State for Housing Hardeep Singh Puri . Jharkhand was adjudged the best performing state in the survey followed by Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. Compared to the previous surveys, this year's exercise allocated substantial weightage to the feedback from citizens based on their daily experience.

Looking at the way citizens of big winning cities had turned Swachhata into a Jan Andolan, I am not surprised at the results. Congratulations #Indore & #Bhopal for a repeat performance at #1&2. Well done #Chandigarh for coming in 3rd. Others will surely try & catch up next year. pic.twitter.com/M8PMQRn1QI

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) May 16, 2018

"I've lived in some of the cleanest cities in the world during my long stay abroad and I must tell you that the cleanliness levels in Indore and Bhopal give them a run for their money" - MoS H&UA @HardeepSPuri pic.twitter.com/wgbQCQyNsx

— MoHUA (@MoHUA_India) May 16, 2018

Indore was the cleanest city last year as well but that survey was conducted only for around 430 cities. This time it was  conducted for around 4,200 cities. The names of the worst performing cities would be announced on the day the awards would be presented, Puri said.