The list of India’s cleanest and dirtiest cities tells two different stories. (Photo: PTI) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

India’s cities continue to reflect a sharp contrast: modern skylines on one side and overflowing garbage dumps on the other. The Swachh Survekshan 2025 rankings offer a reality check into how various cities in urban India fare. A decade into the Swachh Bharat Mission, many major cities are still struggling to get the basics of sanitation and waste management right.

Swachh Survekshan 2024-25 included 4,589 cities, which were classified for the first time into five population categories: very small cities (less than 20,000 population) , small cities (20,000 - 50,000 population) , medium cities (50,000 - 3,00,000 population), big cities (

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