Navi Mumbai tops Super Swachh League in Swachh Survekshan 2025-26; Vita, Panchgani, Ratnagiri also win

New Delhi: Maharashtra performed well at the national level in the tenth edition of the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26, conducted by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation secured first place in the country in the Super Swachh League. Vita and Panchgani also achieved notable success in different population categories.

The Ratnagiri Municipal Council was placed third in the Clean Coastal Cities category. The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation was honoured as the state's first Swachh city.

The awards ceremony was held at Vigyan Bhawan, with President Droupadi Murmu as chief guest. Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal, Minister of State Tokhan Sahu and Secretary Satyendra Singh were present, along with mayors, municipal commissioners, senior officials and representatives of various local self-government bodies from across the country. Winning cities in the different categories received their awards from the President.

The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation received the honour in the Super Swachh League for effective waste management, segregation of wet and dry waste, scientific processing of waste, clean public spaces and active participation of citizens. In the same category, Surat in Gujarat came second and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh third.

The Vita Municipal Council in Sangli district took first place in the country in the category of towns with a population of 20,000 to 50,000. Vita achieved this on the strength of sanitation management, regular waste collection, waste segregation and citizen participation. The tourist town of Panchgani came second in the category of smaller towns with a population below 20,000.

The Ratnagiri Municipal Council in the Konkan was placed third in the country in the Clean Coastal Cities category. The award recognises various initiatives for beach cleanliness, control of marine pollution, waste management and environmental protection.

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation was given the "State First Swachh City" award. The corporation earned the honour through regular waste collection, sanitation services, beautification of public spaces, waste management and initiatives useful to citizens.

At the ceremony, President Murmu stressed the importance of cleanliness. She said cleanliness is not merely a matter of the beauty of public spaces. It is an important subject linked to citizens' health, social sensitivity and the responsibility of the administration. With the thought of "Badhayen Haath, Karein Safai Saath", she appealed to citizens to take part actively and make the cleanliness campaign wider.

Union Minister Manohar Lal spoke about the progress made in the country under the Swachh Bharat Mission. He said that in 2014 only 16 per cent of urban waste was processed, and that this has now reached 80 per cent. According to him, door-to-door waste collection is now being done in more than 96 per cent of households in the country, and the scope of Swachh Survekshan has reached 4,751 cities.