Navi Mumbai leads Super Swachh League in national cleanliness awards

Navi Mumbai finished first in the Super Swachh League category of the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025–26. Surat placed second and Vijayawada third. President Droupadi Murmu presented the awards at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on 11 November 2026. The results appeared in the morning news on 12 November 2026. They recognise urban sanitation performance through a survey that evaluates multiple municipal functions.

The Swachh Shehar results for cities with populations above 10 lakh form a separate category. Visakhapatnam, Jabalpur and Lucknow occupied its leading three positions. The awards also covered riverfront towns, coastal towns and Himalayan cities. Rewa led the riverfront group, Puri the coastal group and Rudrapur the Himalayan group. Keeping these categories separate prevents an incorrect comparison between a specialised town award and the Super Swachh League. The tenth edition used 43 indicators and included assessment of waste management, sanitation access, citizen feedback and the welfare of sanitation workers.

Facts to remember

• Award presentation: 11 November 2026, New Delhi; President: Droupadi Murmu.
• Super Swachh League: Navi Mumbai, Surat and Vijayawada, in that order.
• Million-plus Swachh Shehar category: Visakhapatnam, Jabalpur and Lucknow.
• Leading specialised towns: Rewa for riverfronts, Puri for coastal towns and Rudrapur for Himalayan cities.

Background

Swachh Survekshan began with 73 cities in 2016 and covered 4,751 cities in its 2025–26 edition. Its assessment connects municipal service delivery with citizen experience. Waste segregation, collection, processing and sanitation are related functions, but improvement in one does not by itself establish performance across all of them.

Why it matters for exams

For CLAT Environment and governance, match each winner with its precise award category and retain the distinction between survey results and individual sanitation indicators.