Ujjain ranks first among cities with 3 to 10 lakh population in Swachh Survekshan 2025-26

Ujjain has secured the first position in the country in the category of cities with a population of 3 to 10 lakh in Swachh Survekshan 2025-26. President Droupadi Murmu presented the national award in Delhi on Wednesday. Mayor Mukesh Tatwal, Municipal Corporation Council president Kalawati Yadav and Municipal Commissioner Abhilash Mishra received the award.

The mayor, the council president, the commissioner and other elected representatives and officials had left for Delhi on Tuesday to receive the award. As the news reached Ujjain, the mood at the Municipal Corporation turned festive. Drums were played on the corporation premises and people celebrated.

The city of Baba Mahakal has made a distinct name for itself across the country in cleanliness. The city has not limited itself to collecting and disposing of waste, but has also worked towards making useful items from it and creating a source of income. New experiments such as making incense sticks and dhoop from temple flowers, paper bags from old clothes left at the ghats, and paver blocks from construction debris have given Ujjain national recognition.

Systems for disposing of different kinds of waste were key to this achievement. At a plant with a capacity of 3 TPD on Mangalnath Road, incense sticks, dhoop and gulal are being made from flowers offered at the Mahakal, Mangalnath and Kalbhairav temples. The women of the Shiv Arpan self-help group are in charge of this.

Paper bags are being made from clothes left at the ghats at a plant at Depot Chauraha. The plant is run by the Saumya self-help group. At the biomethanation plant on Maksi Road, electricity is being generated from wet waste coming from the vegetable market and bulk waste generators. At a plant on MR-5 Road with a capacity of 100 tonnes a day, paver blocks are being made from construction debris.