The government has announced the launch of cleanliness survey ‘The Swachh Survekshan’ for 2018 as part of Swachh Bharat Mission.
The Swachh Survekshan 2018 will rank 500 cities on national level which have more than 1 lakh population, while 3,541 cities with less than 1 lakh population will have State and Regional ranking.
As per Swachh Survekshan-2016 which assessed 73 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) Mysuru got the tag of the cleanest city of India that year.
As per 2017 edition which assessed 434 ULBs Indore emerged as the cleanest city in the country in that survey.
This year the survey would be conducted from January to March.