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Eighteen of 25 dirtiest cities are in West Bengal, Indore cleanest, finds Swachh Bharat report

Tripura is at the bottom of the list, followed by Puducherry, Nagaland and West Bengal.

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· Jun 24, 2018 · 10:07 am
Indore India’s cleanest city, Mumbai best among state capitals, says Centre

As part of the Swachh Survekshan 2018, the government surveyed 4,203 cities across India between January and March to assess cleanliness.

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· May 17, 2018 · 10:55 am
Mysuru is India’s cleanest city, Dhanbad the dirtiest

Union minister Venkaiah Naidu announced the results of the countrywide cleanliness surveys conducted by Quality Council of India.

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· Feb 15, 2016 · 04:32 pm

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· Nov 21, 2015 · 04:30 pm
Of cess and cesspools: How to use the funds collected in the name of Swachh Bharat

Promote decentralised composting to take care of solid waste and spend at least half to ensure that over 20 lakh desperately poor waste-pickers in the informal sector are included.

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· Nov 19, 2015 · 04:30 pm
Swachh Bharat: In Rajasthan, a village shows why open defecation is ending only on paper

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