City Cleans Its Act, Breaks Into Top League
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Lucknow: Lucknow has secured the third position in the country in the 'Swachh Shehar' million-plus category of Swachh Survekshan 2024-25, a cleanliness survey conducted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
The city's improved performance is attributed to enhanced door-to-door waste collection, segregation, public engagement and awareness campaigns.
This category, introduced for the first time, covers 40 cities with a population of over 10 lakh. The 23 cities which topped in various population categories in the past three years made it to 'Super Swachh League' and they will compete next year. Indore again topped the Super Swachh League in the million-plus population category, followed by Surat and Navi Mumbai.
The results were announced on Thursday, with President Droupadi Murmu presenting the award to the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) at a ceremony held in New Delhi.
Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 marked the ninth edition of the national cleanliness survey and introduced several reforms aimed at inclusivity.
The President stated that Swachh Survekshan has promoted innovation, healthy competition, and highlighted cleanliness as a cultural value, with over 14 crore citizens participating — making it the world's largest cleanliness survey.
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She presented the award to Uttar Pradesh urban development minister A K Sharma, mayor Sushma Kharakwal and former municipal commissioner Inderjit Singh.
LMC officials stated that Lucknow's ranking reflects improvements in multiple cleanliness parameters. The city scored a total of 12,001 out of 12,500, which includes 9,501 out of 10,000 in the Swachh Survekshan 2024 score, 1,300 out of 1,300 in the garbage free cities (GFC) certification, and 1,200 out of 1,200 in the open defecation free (ODF) certification.
Lucknow received a 7-star rating in Swachh Survekshan 2024-2025 — the highest possible rating.
These achievements include 100% door-to-door waste collection, 97% waste segregation at source, 100% scientific processing of daily waste, complete remediation of dumpsites like Ghailla and Shivri, and cleanliness in both residential and market areas. The city also scored high in the maintenance of water bodies and public toilets.
The key initiatives were the treatment of fresh waste and legacy waste at the Shivri plant, with support from composting units and tracked electric vehicles. Awareness drives gained 4 crore digital views. A C&D waste plant, saplings plantation, and revamped garbage sites improved public spaces. Present at the ceremony were several LMC officials, including municipal commissioner Gaurav Kumar, additional municipal commissioner Arvind Kumar Rao and GM Jal Kal Kuldeep Singh.
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