GHMC has received five awards in the Swachh Survekshan for the year 2023, one in the category of cities with over one lakh population.
The city received awards as the ninth cleanest city, five-star rated garbage-free city, a clean city in Telangana, five-star rated city in Telangana with a population over one lakh, and the water-plus city. The ninth place is an improvement from the 10th rank the previous year, and a definite one from the 275th ranking.
GHMC Commissioner Ronald Rose, Additional Commissioner (Sanitation) Upender Reddy, Project Manager Soma Bharat and Sanitation Field Assistant Manjula received the award from Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri.