Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 results on 11 November: Andhra Pradesh won five awards last time, Telangana two

Winners of Swachh Survekshan 2025-26, the Centre’s cleanliness survey of towns and cities, will be named on Wednesday, 11 November. President Droupadi Murmu will present the awards at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said on Monday, 9 November, that the survey’s 10th round is complete. Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal and Minister of State Tokhan Sahu will attend the ceremony.

The survey began in 2016 with 73 urban local bodies and now covers more than 4,751 cities. Each was marked on 43 indicators under 10 heads, including waste segregation and collection, visible cleanliness, desludging, used-water management, sanitation workers’ welfare and the handling of complaints. Field checks were done by more than 3,000 assessors trained for the survey, tracked by GPS. The ministry says the assessment was fully digital.

This round gives more weight to what residents say and widens the checks to lakes and other water bodies, coastlines and riverbanks in cities. It also brings in indicators on stopping open defecation and urination, on keeping tourist and heritage spots clean, and on behaviour-change work in schools.

Five awards for Andhra Pradesh, two for Telangana last time

When the previous survey’s awards were given out on 17 July 2025, Andhra Pradesh cities took 5 of the 78 awards on the official list. Vijayawada was one of four cities of more than 10 lakh people placed in the Super Swachh League, with Indore, Surat and Navi Mumbai. Guntur made the league in the 3-10 lakh group and Tirupati in the 50,000-3 lakh group. The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation won a ministerial award in the special category, and Rajamahendravaram was named the state’s Promising Swachh Shehar.

Telangana had two names on that list: Secunderabad Cantonment in the special category and Greater Hyderabad as the state’s Promising Swachh Shehar. No Telangana city figured in the Super Swachh League or in the top three of any population group. Among cities of more than 10 lakh, those top three places went to Ahmedabad, Bhopal and Lucknow.

Mentor cities in the spotlight

The ceremony will also recognise the best performers in Swachh Shehar Jodi, a scheme launched on 27 September 2025 that pairs 70 mentor cities with 191 mentee cities in 33 states and Union Territories. The ministry says the mentee cities’ visible-cleanliness score rose from 48% in the previous survey to 70%. Their door-to-door collection score went from 52% to 74%, and their score for separating waste at source from 16% to 30%. Cities will learn their 2025-26 ranks only when the winners are read out on 11 November.