Swachh Survekshan 2017: Everything you SHOULD know!

How do you get a bunch of sluggish performers to ramp up their efforts? Tell them that they are in a competition and at least some of them will start working to be the winners or so seems the idea behind recently released Swachh Survekshan 2017 by Ministry of Urban Development. Started in 2016, the survey aims to foster a healthy competition between cities for improving cleanliness standards.

 

 

The survey for 2017 was released few of days ago and while just 73 cities had participated in it in 2016, the number had swelled to 500 this year. The survey did create a lot of ripples on social media and elsewhere. While the rankings of the cities were widely discussed with people from the top ranked cities sharing the survey rankings on their timelines across platforms, only a few of them actually knew how these cities were ranked in that order and what were the parameters measured during the survey. If you also belong to that majority, we are here at your rescue. In this article, we have tried to explain the methodology behind those ranks.

 

 

 

The survey and performance evaluation was carried out by Quality Council of India (QCI), an autonomous body established by Government of India in 1997 for Quality assurance in all spheres of activities including Governance. Over 400 assessors carried out the evaluation work during which they visited over 12000 locations.

The weightage of various performance indicators of Swachh Survekshan was something like this

 

 

 

The scores were collected in three parts:

The First Part:

 

The first part was the self assessment by the municipal bodies of the respective cities and was worth 900 marks. These municipal bodies evaluated themselves on the criteria specified by QCI and gave themselves a score out of 900.

The Second Part:

 

The second part was the direct observation of various sites in the cities and it was worth 500 marks. The assessors visited the cities and collected data about various cleanliness parameters and allocated marks accordingly.

The Third Part:

 

 

The third part was citizen feedback and it was of 600 marks. A sample size of 1000 citizens or 0.1% of the population, whichever is less was used. A questionnaire was used to ascertain and confirm data about various indicators and marks were awarded accordingly.

A snapshot of the questionnaire used to collect data and award marks

After the collection of all the data and scoring, the results of all three parts were integrated and consolidated list was prepared. Indore topped the chart with a score of 1808 while Bhopal and Visakhapatam were second and third with scores of 1800 and 1797 respectively.

While the findings of the survey show a wide gap between the expected and existing standards of health and hygiene in Indian cities, the yearly rankings do provide a platform where cities can showcase their achievements and encourage others to do better. We hope the municipal bodies of all the participant cities take the survey finding with utmost seriousness and strive to fill in the gaps.  Statewise, Madhya Pradesh & Gujarat did the best in the Swacch Survekshan 2017.

 

Here is the complete list of Swacch Survekshan 2017 Rankings:

 

 

Rank	City	State
1	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
2	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
3	Visakhapatnam (Vizag)	Andhra Pradesh
4	Surat	Gujarat
5	Mysuru (Mysore)	Karnataka
6	Tiruchirappalli (Trichy)	Tamil Nadu
7	New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)	Delhi
8	Navi Mumbai	Maharashtra
9	Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh
10	Vadodara	Gujarat
11	Chandigarh	Chandigarh
12	Ujjain	Madhya Pradesh
13	Pune	Maharashtra
14	Amdavad (Ahmedabad)	Gujarat
15	Ambikapur	Chattisgarh
16	Coimbatore	Tamil Nadu
17	Khargone	Madhya Pradesh
18	Rajkot (M. Corp)	Gujarat
19	Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh
20	Gandhinagar (NA)	Gujarat
21	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh
22	Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)	Telangana
23	Sagar	Madhya Pradesh
24	Murwara (Katni)	Madhya Pradesh
25	Navsari	Gujarat
26	Vapi	Gujarat
27	Gwalior	Madhya Pradesh
28	Warangal	Telangana
29	Greater Mumbai	Maharashtra
30	Suryapet	Telangana
31	Tadipatri	Andhra Pradesh
32	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh
33	Bhavnagar	Gujarat
34	Kalol	Gujarat
35	Jamnagar	Gujarat
36	Omkareshwar	Madhya Pradesh
37	Kumbakonam	Tamil Nadu
38	Rewa	Madhya Pradesh
39	Jetpur Navagadh	Gujarat
40	Narasaraopet	Andhra Pradesh
41	Chas	Jharkhand
42	Erode	Tamil Nadu
43	Kakinada	Andhra Pradesh
44	Tenali	Andhra Pradesh
45	Siddipet	Telangana
46	Rajahmundry	Andhra Pradesh
47	Shimla	Himachal Pradesh
48	Ratlam	Madhya Pradesh
49	Godhra	Gujarat
50	Gangtok	Sikkim
51	Singrauli	Madhya Pradesh
52	Junagadh	Gujarat
53	Chhindwara	Madhya Pradesh
54	Bhilai Nagar	Chattisgarh
55	Sehore	Madhya Pradesh
56	Shirdi (Shirdhi)	Maharashtra
57	Madurai	Tamil Nadu
58	Dewas	Madhya Pradesh
59	Hoshangabad	Madhya Pradesh
60	Bharuch	Gujarat
61	Pithampur	Madhya Pradesh
62	Tambaram	Tamil Nadu
63	Mangaluru (Mangalore)	Karnataka
64	Jamshedpur (NAC)	Jharkhand
65	Karnal	Haryana
66	Dwarka	Gujarat
67	Gandhidham	Gujarat
68	Tiruppur	Tamil Nadu
69	Nadiad	Gujarat
70	Ongole	Andhra Pradesh
71	Chittoor	Andhra Pradesh
72	Pimpri-Chinchwad	Maharashtra
73	Khandwa	Madhya Pradesh
74	Mandsaur	Madhya Pradesh
75	Satna	Madhya Pradesh
76	Chandrapur	Maharashtra
77	Korba	Chattisgarh
78	Betul	Madhya Pradesh
79	Botad	Gujarat
80	Nandyal	Andhra Pradesh
81	Giridih	Jharkhand
82	Hosur	Tamil Nadu
83	Machilipatnam	Andhra Pradesh
84	Velankani (Vellankanni)	Tamil Nadu
85	Durg	Chattisgarh
86	Eluru	Andhra Pradesh
87	Bhimavaram	Andhra Pradesh
88	Faridabad	Haryana
89	Ambarnath	Maharashtra
90	Panaji	Goa
91	Hazaribag	Jharkhand
92	Chhatarpur (Chhattarpur)	Madhya Pradesh
93	Guntakal	Andhra Pradesh
94	Bhubaneswar Town	Odisha
95	Palanpur	Gujarat
96	Morbi	Gujarat
97	Tadepalligudem	Andhra Pradesh
98	Bhuj	Gujarat
99	Mehsana	Gujarat
100	Leh	Jammu and Kashmir
101	Veraval	Gujarat
102	Deoghar	Jharkhand
103	Anand	Gujarat
104	Raigarh	Chattisgarh
105	Aizawl (NT)	Mizoram
106	Dindigul	Tamil Nadu
107	Chilakaluripet	Andhra Pradesh
108	Vellore	Tamil Nadu
109	Dhanbad	Jharkhand
110	Karaikkudi	Tamil Nadu
111	Patan	Gujarat
112	Gurugram (Gurgaon)	Haryana
113	Pudukkottai	Tamil Nadu
114	Nagda	Madhya Pradesh
115	Solapur	Maharashtra
116	Thane	Maharashtra
117	Ranchi	Jharkhand
118	Guntur	Andhra Pradesh
119	Srikakulam	Andhra Pradesh
120	Deesa	Gujarat
121	S.A.S. Nagar	Punjab
122	Imphal	Manipur
123	Amreli	Gujarat
124	Dhule	Maharashtra
125	Rajapalayam	Tamil Nadu
126	Vizianagaram	Andhra Pradesh
127	Kancheepuram	Tamil Nadu
128	Bhind	Madhya Pradesh
129	Raipur	Chattisgarh
130	Mira-Bhayandar	Maharashtra
131	Mango (NAC)	Jharkhand
132	Bathinda	Punjab
133	Proddatur	Andhra Pradesh
134	Guwahati	Assam
135	Salem	Tamil Nadu
136	Neemuch	Madhya Pradesh
137	Nagpur	Maharashtra
138	Burhanpur	Madhya Pradesh
139	Vasai Virar City	Maharashtra
140	Ludhiana	Punjab
141	Ichalkaranji	Maharashtra
142	Valsad	Gujarat
143	Udupi	Karnataka
144	Adityapur	Jharkhand
145	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh
146	Biharsharif	Bihar
147	Shivamogga (Shimoga)	Karnataka
148	Mandya	Karnataka
149	Dharmavaram	Andhra Pradesh
150	Surendranagar Dudhrej	Gujarat
151	Nashik	Maharashtra
152	Tumakuru (Tumkur)	Karnataka
153	Gondal	Gujarat
154	Kadapa	Andhra Pradesh
155	Pallavaram	Tamil Nadu
156	Gudivada	Andhra Pradesh
157	Satara	Maharashtra
158	Kulgaon Badlapur (Badlapur)	Maharashtra
159	Kavali	Andhra Pradesh
160	Hindupur	Andhra Pradesh
161	Nagaon	Assam
162	Jalgaon	Maharashtra
163	Seoni	Madhya Pradesh
164	Rajnandgaon	Chattisgarh
165	Nellore	Andhra Pradesh
166	Jhansi	Uttar Pradesh
167	Gadag Betageri	Karnataka
168	Raurkela	Odisha
169	Avadi	Tamil Nadu
170	Panvel	Maharashtra
171	Bundi	Rajasthan
172	Delhi Cantonment	Delhi
173	Vidisha	Madhya Pradesh
174	Nagercoil	Tamil Nadu
175	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
176	Kurnool	Andhra Pradesh
177	Kolhapur	Maharashtra
178	Nizamabad	Telangana
179	Bilaspur	Chattisgarh
180	Sikar	Rajasthan
181	Nandurbar	Maharashtra
182	Miryalaguda	Telangana
183	Ahmednagar	Maharashtra
184	Porbandar	Gujarat
185	Nagapattinam	Tamil Nadu
186	Pali	Rajasthan
187	Berhampur(Brahmapur Town)	Odisha
188	Pathankot	Punjab
189	Puducherry (Pondicherry)	Puducherry
190	Balasore(Baleshwar Town)	Odisha
191	Ramagundam	Telangana
192	Nanded Waghala	Maharashtra
193	Tirunelveli	Tamil Nadu
194	Puri Town	Odisha
195	Adilabad	Telangana
196	East Delhi Municipal Corporation	Delhi
197	Anantnag	Jammu and Kashmir
198	Thanjavur	Tamil Nadu
199	Hubli-Dharwad	Karnataka
200	Nalgonda	Telangana
201	Karimnagar	Telangana
202	South Delhi Municipal Corporation	Delhi
203	Bagalkote(Bagalkot)	Karnataka
204	Cuttack	Odisha
205	Morena	Madhya Pradesh
206	Ozhukarai	Puducherry
207	Ulhasnagar	Maharashtra
208	Kohima	Nagaland
209	Jodhpur	Rajasthan
210	Bruhat Bengaluru (BBMP)	Karnataka
211	Panchkula	Haryana
212	Bhilwara	Rajasthan
213	Ananthapuramu (Ananthapur)	Andhra Pradesh
214	Srikalahasti	Andhra Pradesh
215	Jaipur	Rajasthan
216	Itanagar	Arunachal Pradesh
217	Bhadravathi(Bhadravati)	Karnataka
218	Roorkee	Uttarakhand
219	Osmanabad	Maharashtra
220	Ranebennur (Ranibennur)	Karnataka
221	Port Blair	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
222	Ferozepur	Punjab
223	Thoothukudi (Thoothukkudi)	Tamil Nadu
224	Adoni	Andhra Pradesh
225	Chickamagaluru (Chikmagalur)	Karnataka
226	Ajmer	Rajasthan
227	Hassan	Karnataka
228	Shivpuri	Madhya Pradesh
229	Parbhani	Maharashtra
230	Yavatmal	Maharashtra
231	Amravati	Maharashtra
232	Jagdalpur	Chattisgarh
233	Jalandhar	Punjab
234	Kalyan-Dombivli	Maharashtra
235	Greater Chennai (Chennai)	Tamil Nadu
236	Khammam	Telangana
237	Sangli Miraj Kupwad	Maharashtra
238	Tiruvannamalai	Tamil Nadu
239	Malegaon	Maharashtra
240	Udgir	Maharashtra
241	Srinagar	Jammu and Kashmir
242	Damoh	Madhya Pradesh
243	Sonepat (Sonipat)	Haryana
244	Haridwar	Uttarakhand
245	Saharanpur	Uttar Pradesh
246	Jaunpur	Uttar Pradesh
247	Allahabad	Uttar Pradesh
248	Belagavi (Belgaum)	Karnataka
249	Mahabubnagar	Telangana
250	Cuddalore	Tamil Nadu
251	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir
252	Ayodhya	Uttar Pradesh
253	Thanesar	Haryana
254	Kozhikode (Calicut)	Kerala
255	Gangapur City	Rajasthan
256	Kashipur	Uttarakhand
257	Kishanganj	Bihar
258	Amritsar	Punjab
259	Kullu	Himachal Pradesh
260	Dabra	Madhya Pradesh
261	Baripada Town	Odisha
262	Patna	Bihar
263	Agra	Uttar Pradesh
264	Silvassa (Silvasa)	Dadra and Nagar Haveli
265	Jind	Haryana
266	Guna	Madhya Pradesh
267	Ambur	Tamil Nadu
268	Rameswaram (Rameshwaram)	Tamil Nadu
269	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
270	Bettiah	Bihar
271	Kochi (Cochin)	Kerala
272	Hajipur	Bihar
273	Orai	Uttar Pradesh
274	Sirsa	Haryana
275	Bhagalpur	Bihar
276	Shillong	Meghalaya
277	Dimapur	Nagaland
278	Sasaram	Bihar
279	North Delhi Municipal Corporation	Delhi
280	Silchar	Assam
281	Madanapalle	Andhra Pradesh
282	Kaithal	Haryana
283	Ballari(Bellary)	Karnataka
284	Barnala	Punjab
285	Beawar	Rajasthan
286	Palakkad	Kerala
287	Barshi	Maharashtra
288	Davanagere	Karnataka
289	Datia	Madhya Pradesh
290	Agartala	Tripura
291	Hisar	Haryana
292	Jhunjhunu	Rajasthan
293	Bodh Gaya	Bihar
294	Kalaburagi (Gulbarga)	Karnataka
295	Rohtak	Haryana
296	Akola	Maharashtra
297	Dibrugarh	Assam
298	Bareilly	Uttar Pradesh
299	Aurangabad	Maharashtra
300	Sujangarh	Rajasthan
301	Chittorgarh(Chittaurgarh)	Rajasthan
302	Beed(Bid)	Maharashtra
303	Rewari	Haryana
304	Muzaffarpur	Bihar
305	Chandausi	Uttar Pradesh
306	Guruvayur	Kerala
307	Jehanabad	Bihar
308	Ambala Sadar (Ambala)	Haryana
309	Sultanpur	Uttar Pradesh
310	Udaipur	Rajasthan
311	Achalpur	Maharashtra
312	Vijayapura (Bijapur)	Karnataka
313	Wardha	Maharashtra
314	Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh
315	Bidar	Karnataka
316	Dehradun	Uttarakhand
317	Hosapete (Hospet)	Karnataka
318	Latur	Maharashtra
319	Bikaner	Rajasthan
320	Lalitpur	Uttar Pradesh
321	Moradabad	Uttar Pradesh
322	Sambalpur Town	Odisha
323	Hoshiarpur	Punjab
324	Thrissur (M.Corp)	Kerala
325	Rudrapur	Uttarakhand
326	Shamli	Uttar Pradesh
327	Buxar	Bihar
328	Raichur	Karnataka
329	Tonk	Rajasthan
330	Nainital	Uttarakhand
331	Loni	Uttar Pradesh
332	Hanumangarh	Rajasthan
333	Akbarpur	Uttar Pradesh
334	Dehri	Bihar
335	Panipat	Haryana
336	Etawah	Uttar Pradesh
337	Chitradurga	Karnataka
338	Deoria	Uttar Pradesh
339	Meerut	Uttar Pradesh
340	Diu	Daman and Diu
341	Kota	Rajasthan
342	Purnia	Bihar
343	Gondia	Maharashtra
344	Muzaffarnagar	Uttar Pradesh
345	Bhiwani	Haryana
346	Yamunanagar	Haryana
347	Robertson Pet	Karnataka
348	Motihari	Bihar
349	Bhadrak	Odisha
350	Daman	Daman and Diu
351	Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh
352	Mathura	Uttar Pradesh
353	Bahadurgarh	Haryana
354	Baran	Rajasthan
355	Hinganghat	Maharashtra
356	Darbhanga	Bihar
357	Aurangabad (Bihar)	Bihar
358	Sawai Madhopur	Rajasthan
359	Ganganagar	Rajasthan
360	Modinagar	Uttar Pradesh
361	Ballia	Uttar Pradesh
362	Gaya	Bihar
363	Malerkotla	Punjab
364	Alwar	Rajasthan
365	Kollam	Kerala
366	Kannur	Kerala
367	Hindaun	Rajasthan
368	Jalna	Maharashtra
369	Moga	Punjab
370	Maunath Bhanjan	Uttar Pradesh
371	Bharatpur	Rajasthan
372	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala
373	Kolar	Karnataka
374	Pilibhit	Uttar Pradesh
375	Firozabad	Uttar Pradesh
376	Siwan	Bihar
377	Farrukhabad-cum-Fatehgarh	Uttar Pradesh
378	Sambhal	Uttar Pradesh
379	Mainpuri	Uttar Pradesh
380	Alappuzha (Alleppey)	Kerala
381	Gangawati	Karnataka
382	Mughalsarai	Uttar Pradesh
383	Faizabad	Uttar Pradesh
384	Nagaur	Rajasthan
385	Banda	Uttar Pradesh
386	Basti	Uttar Pradesh
387	Dhaulpur	Rajasthan
388	Badami	Karnataka
389	Mirzapur-cum-Vindhyachal	Uttar Pradesh
390	Arrah	Bihar
391	Dinapur Nizamat (Danapur)	Bihar
392	Bhiwandi-Nizampur(Bhiwandi)	Maharashtra
393	Amroha	Uttar Pradesh
394	Rae Bareli	Uttar Pradesh
395	Haldwani-cum-Kathgodam	Uttarakhand
396	Saharsa	Bihar
397	Palwal	Haryana
398	Azamgarh	Uttar Pradesh
399	Rampur	Uttar Pradesh
400	Khanna	Punjab
401	Shikohabad	Uttar Pradesh
402	Jhalawar	Rajasthan
403	Bhiwadi	Rajasthan
404	Begusarai	Bihar
405	Churu	Rajasthan
406	Etah	Uttar Pradesh
407	Sitapur	Uttar Pradesh
408	Hathras	Uttar Pradesh
409	Kasganj	Uttar Pradesh
410	Lakhimpur	Uttar Pradesh
411	Patiala	Punjab
412	Fatehpur	Uttar Pradesh
413	Ghazipur	Uttar Pradesh
414	Jamalpur	Bihar
415	Munger	Bihar
416	Kavaratti	Lakshadweep
417	Unnao	Uttar Pradesh
418	Batala	Punjab
419	Kishangarh	Rajasthan
420	Badaun(Budaun)	Uttar Pradesh
421	Baraut	Uttar Pradesh
422	Chapra	Bihar
423	Bulandshahr	Uttar Pradesh
424	Hapur	Uttar Pradesh
425	Khurja	Uttar Pradesh
426	Shahjahanpur	Uttar Pradesh
427	Abohar	Punjab
428	Muktsar	Punjab
429	Bahraich	Uttar Pradesh
430	Katihar	Bihar
431	Hardoi	Uttar Pradesh
432	Bagaha	Bihar
433	Bhusawal	Maharashtra
434	Gonda	Uttar Pradesh