Overview
- President Droupadi Murmu is set to present the Swachh Survekshan-2024 awards to eight Madhya Pradesh cities at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan today.
- Indore, Ujjain, and Budhni will be honoured in the survey’s newly introduced Super League category, while Bhopal, Dewas, and Shahganj receive President’s Awards and Jabalpur and Gwalior earn special and state-level recognitions.
- Bhopal climbed from fifth to a top-three finish in the nationwide “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”-themed survey.
- A 10-member Bhopal delegation, led by Mayor Malti Rai and Commissioner Harendra Narayan, has travelled to Delhi for the ceremony.
- Bhopal has installed LED screens at nine locations and directed drum processions across municipal zones, even as sanitation and health workers protested their exclusion from the delegation.