Sri Anandpur Sahib is Cleanest City in Punjab

November 14, 2026

The report of the Swachhta Survey of 202526 has come. In Punjab, Sri Anandpur Sahib has been declared the cleanest city of the state and Chandigarh has been declared the second cleanest city in the country. Chandigarh has got this position for the second time. There are different categories. Earlier also, Chandigarh was at second place after Noida in the Swachhta Survey of cities with a population of 3 to 10 lakhs. This time also Chandigarh has got the same status. While receiving the national honour from President Draupadi Murmu in New Delhi, Punjab’s Local Bodies Minister Harjot Singh Bains said that this award is the result of the service rendered during the 350th martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur Ji. According to Bains, more than 4751 urban local bodies participated in the 10th edition of Swachh Survekshan (2025-26). Out of these, 63 bodies were honored for their excellent performance in the field of cleanliness. This award is a symbol of the hard work and commitment of the entire team of the Municipal Council, officials and sanitation workers who work dedicatedly day and night. Apart from this, Visakhapatnam stood first among the cities with a population of more than one million. Jabalpur stood second and Lucknow stood third. Among the major overall clean cities of the country, Navi Mumbai stood first, Surat second and Vijayawada third. The cleanliness criteria were based on 43 parameters. You may recall that Indore has been declared the cleanest city for several years in the past. This time, Ujjain has come first among cities with populations ranging from 3 to 1 million. A question arises: why don’t other cities in the country create a clean environment like these clean cities? If maintaining cleanliness is so difficult, then inspiration can be drawn from these cities that have maintained excellent positions in the cleanliness rankings. In fact, the biggest problem standing in the way of urban cleanliness is waste disposal. Legal and illegal garbage dumps are springing up in every city, but the machinery installed for waste disposal is not fully effective. Therefore, the heaps of garbage lying here and there along the beautiful streets of these cities spoil the entire scene. Garbage dumps become breeding grounds for diseases. If cities are to be truly beautiful, effective waste disposal steps must be taken; this is the need of the hour.