Vijayawada has maintained its place in the top-10 All India Clean Cities in the Swachh Survekshan Awards-2023, ranking 6th nationally and 2nd in the State (the first being Visakhapatnam).
The city also received a five-star rating for its efforts in disposal of garbage and secured 8,751 out of 9,500 marks in the survey, the results of which were released on January 11. In 2022, the city stood in the 5th position. The city secured its best rank of third cleanest city in 2021.
As per the survey, Vijayawada achieved 99% door-to-door collection, 99% cleanliness of residential areas, 100% cleanliness of public toilets, 100% source segregation, 94% water generation vs processing.
