In the Swachchhta Survekshan-2021, Indore has raised the flag of cleanliness in the country for the fifth time in a row while maintaining its domination. President Ram Nath Kovind presented Indore with the Safai Mitra Suraksha Challenge and the Best Clean City Award in the country at the Swachchh Amrit Mahotsav organized at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday.
Madhya Pradesh has received the third cleanest state award. Urban Development and Housing Minister Shri Bhupendra Singh, Minister of State for Urban Development and Housing Shri OPS Bhadoria and MP Shri Shankarlal Lalwani received the awards along with the entire team.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Indore is wonderful, amazing, blessed are the people of Indore, who have kept Indore on top in cleanliness for the fifth time in a row. He also congratulated the citizens, public representatives and officers and employees of all the urban bodies who received the award. Urban Development and Housing Minister Bhupendra Singh while congratulating all the urban bodies including Indore who received the award has said that all the people will try together to ensure that like Indore, other bodies also get the best ranking in Swachchh Survekshan-2022. Minister of State for Urban Development and Housing OPS Bhadoria has also congratulated the awarded urban bodies.