Overview

• Participation in this year’s Swachh Survekshan survey climbed beyond 4,500 cities and 150 million citizens, illustrating widespread civic ownership of cleanliness efforts.
• The Prime Minister highlighted innovative waste-to-resource solutions in Kirtinagar’s hills, the Green Roing recycled-park project and riverfront cleanups alongside water-management schemes in Ahmedabad, Karad and Vijayawada.
• Women-led teams such as Bhopal’s Sakaratmak Soch, which cleaned 17 parks and distributed cloth bags, and Panaji’s 16-category waste-segregation model have received national recognition for shifting public attitudes.
• In Lucknow, the Gomti River clean-up team has maintained weekly riverbank cleans for more than a decade, underscoring the mission’s sustained grassroots commitment.
• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said Modi’s praise in Mann Ki Baat has bolstered local morale and spurred renewed engagement with sanitation initiatives.