Indore has been awarded the first prize in Swachchh Sarvekshan-2019. Indore has the distinction of being the cleanest city of the country for the third consecutive year. Simultaneously Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal has bagged the first prize in the country's clean capital category while first prize in the city with 3-10 lakh population category has been bagged by Ujjain. Jabalpur city has bagged the top position in Innovations and Best Practices.
These awards were given by President Ramnath Kovind at the Swachh Sarvekshan Award ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. On behalf of Madhya Pradesh government, the state’s Urban Development and Housing Minister Jaivardhan Singh, besides the mayors of the three cities, Malini Goud, Alok Sharma and Meena Vijay Jonwal and the Municipal Commissioners of all three district and senior officials of the department received the award. On this occasion, Union Minister of Housing and Urban Development Hardeep S Puri, Principal Secretary Urban Development and Housing Sanjay Dubey, Commissioner Gulshan Bamra, Mission Director Swachh Bharat Mission Manish Singh along with senior officers of the Ministry were present. In his address, the President lauded Indore and congratulated the officers and people of the state.
Urban Development and Housing Minister Jaivardhan Singh has said that cleanliness campaign being implemented in the state has got national recognition. He congratulated the citizens and all the participants of the cities and officials-employees engaged in the cleanliness campaign. Singh has expressed confidence that next year many more cities of the state will be included in the awards category.
Indore, Ujjain, Dewas, Khargone, Nagda, Bhopal, Singrauli, Jabalpur, Chhindwada, Neemuch, Sagar, Pithampur, Gwalior, Ratlam, Rewa, Damoh, Shivpuri, Hoshangabad, Khandwa and Katni are included in the first 100 cities of the country under various categories. Madhya Pradesh has bagged total 19 awards in the field of Swachh Sarvekshan this year. While Indore and Ujjain have been awarded in the category of innovative efforts, Indore has been awarded in the garbage-free city category.
In addition Shahganj Municipal Council has been given the Cleanest Municipal Council award in the western region. In the category of cities with medium population, Dewas Municipal Corporation and Nagda Municipality have been awarded for solid waste management.
In the garbage-free city category, Nagda, Dhar, Khargone, Kymore and Shahganj Municipal Councils have been awarded. Apart from these, Ujjain, Dewas and Singrauli Municipal Corporation has also been awarded with cleanliness awards.