In a nationwide survey titled Swachh Survekshan 2016, Mysuru bagged the title of the cleanest city in India, followed by Chandigarh and Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu).
Mysuru scored well on all sanitation parameters, including provisions for individual, community and public toilets. They also shined in door-to-door garbage collection, overall cleanliness level of the city, waste processing and disposal of garbage.
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An effective communication strategy that brought about behavioral change in people and measures to engage citizens in cleanliness drive were the two main factors that helped Mysuru retain the title for a second consecutive year.
Out of the total marks of 2,000, 60 per cent was assigned to solid waste management, 30 percent for construction of toilets and 5 percent each for city-level sanitation strategy and behavioral change communication.
While Mysuru topped the list with 1,749 marks, Dhanbad in Jharkhand, which scored 464, came last.
Out of the 73 cities that were chosen for the survey, cities from south and west fared better than of eastern and northern cities.
Apart from Mysuru, others who retained their top spots are Tiruchirappalli at third position, Pimpri Chinchwadat at ninth position and Ludhiana at 34th position.
While Navi Mumbai, Chennai, Pune and Nashik have fallen out of the top 10 in 2016; Visakhapatnam, Surat, Rajkot and Gangtok have claimed their positions in the top 10.
