Three cities from Andhra Pradesh — Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Tirupati — retained their positions in the top 10 of the All India Clean Cities category in the Swachh Survekshan, the Central government’s annual survey, the results of which were declared on January 11.
Visakhapatnam was declared the “cleanest city” in the State, and retained the 4th rank it had achieved in 2022 under the All India Clean Cities (population more than 1 lakh) category.
Vijayawada was given the 5-star rating for its efforts in garbage disposal and secured the 6th rank, beating both New Delhi and Hyderabad, which stood at 7th and 9th positions respectively.
