By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR:President Droupadi Murmu will confer Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26 at a ceremony to be held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 11th November, 2026.
The 10th edition of the Swachh Survekshan on the theme of ‘Swachhata Ki Nayi Pehel- Badhayein Haath, Karein Safai Saath’ has been successfully completed. Under the aegis of the Department of Urban Development, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Swachh Survekshan (SS) Awards 2025-26 will honour India’s cleanest cities, celebrating their outstanding contributions to Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban. The President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, will confer awards across various categories at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, in the presence of Sh. Manohar Lal, Union Minister of MoHUA and Power and Sh. Tokhan Sahu, Minister of State, MoHUA.
The SS 2025-26 awards serve as a celebration of the collective achievements of cities and States in the past decade and a renewed commitment to sustain on-ground achievements.
Swachh Survekshan, SBM-U’s flagship cleanliness assessment, has grown in scale from 73 ULBs in 2016 to over 4,751 cities in its latest edition. Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 introduces several key enhancements, including greater emphasis on citizen feedback, expanded coverage of Urban River Fronts, Coastlines and Water bodies and focused indicators on prevention of open defection & open urination, cleanliness of tourist and heritage hotspots, and behaviour change initiatives in schools.
