Navi Mumbai Named India’s Cleanest City in Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26

Navi Mumbai, Surat, and Vijayawada lead the Super Swachh League in the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26. The 10th edition covered 4,751 cities, gave 60 national awards, and introduced new categories for Himalayan cities, riverfronts, and coastal towns.

Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025 - 2026 Winner List

Here is the list of Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-2026 winners in different categories

Why Navi Mumbai Became India’s Cleanest City?

1. Strict waste management

The city enforces solid waste management rules firmly. Every household gets door-to-door garbage collection, and residents separate wet and dry waste at the source, which makes recycling and processing easier.

2. Smart use of technology

An Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) tracks garbage vehicles and monitors daily cleaning work. Citizens can report problems through the MyNMMC App and the Swachhata App, so complaints reach the authorities quickly.

3. Strong certifications

Earlier, the city earned a 7-Star Garbage-Free City rating and Water Plus certification, which recognises proper treatment and reuse of wastewater.

4. Innovative projects

Navi Mumbai runs India’s first textile waste recycling centre. Roads, skywalks and busy public areas are cleaned continuously by mechanical sweepers.

5. Active citizen participation

Residents, youth groups and awareness campaigns all play a part. Cleanliness pledges by young people and sustained public-private campaigns have helped make cleanliness a habit.

President Smt. Droupadi Murmu awards the nation's cleanest cities after the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26

President Murmu said cleanliness cannot be achieved by one institution alone. It needs citizens, local bodies and sanitation workers to work together. She asked for topics like plastic waste management to be taught in schools so that children learn these values early. She also praised the Swachh Shehar Jodi initiative, where cities share ideas and help each other improve. 

What did Union Minister Manohar Lal share?

He said urban waste processing has risen from 16% to 80% since 2014. Door-to-door waste collection has gone up from 44% to over 96%. Clearing old dumpsites has freed nearly 11,000 acres of land. The survey has grown from 73 cities in 2016 to 4,751 cities in 2025-26, and 2.70 crore citizens gave feedback.

60 National Awards Have Been Announced, Under 5 Categories

This was the 10th edition of the survey. Cities were checked on 43 indicators across 10 areas, including waste segregation, visible cleanliness, sanitation access, used water management, sanitation worker welfare, and citizen feedback. Over 3,000 trained assessors visited cities, and GPS-enabled monitoring was used. The whole process was digital.

What were the main award categories?

Awards were given for Swachh Shehar Jodi, Super Swachh League cities, Swachh Shehar in five population categories, Swachh River Front Town, Swachh Coastal Town, Clean Himalayan City, and State First Swachh City.

What is Swachh Shehar Jodi?

Started after the 2024-25 awards, it pairs a top-performing mentor city with a lower-scoring mentee city on the idea of “Each One, Teach One”. Under it, 70 mentor cities are paired with 191 mentee cities. Top jodis are ranked on the combined score of both cities.

Other Key Points of Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26

1. State First Swachh City Award: Given to 30 top-performing cities. Union Territories are grouped into two categories, those with up to 5 urban local bodies and those with more than 5.

2. Smaller cities lead the rise: Over 350 urban local bodies improved by more than 500 ranks, and more than 1,700 smaller cities improved their rankings.

3. PRAGATI-50: Fifty cities will be developed as model clean cities using technology and constant monitoring.

4. Swachhata Hi Seva 2026: About 2.10 crore citizens took part. Around 17 lakh SafaiMitras benefited through over 33,000 special camps.