Rudrapur named top Clean Himalayan City in Swachh Survekshan 2025-26, ahead of Jammu and Shopian
Rudrapur's municipal corporation took first place among Himalayan cities, with Jammu and Shopian second and third.
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The Rudrapur Swachh Survekshan result put the Uttarakhand city first in the new Clean Himalayan City category, ETV Bharat reported on Wednesday. President Droupadi Murmu gave the first prize to Rudrapur’s municipal corporation at a national ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi, according to ETV Bharat Uttarakhand. Jammu and Shopian, both in Jammu and Kashmir, were placed second and third.
Clean Himalayan City award: what it covers
This was the first year that awards were given for a riverfront town, a coastal town and a Himalayan city, according to Devdiscourse, which carried the Union government’s release. The release said Rudrapur in Uttarakhand, Jammu and Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir were declared the top three.
Mayor Vikas Sharma and municipal commissioner Shipra Joshi Pandey received the award from the President, ETV Bharat said. Sharma said the first place among Himalayan states was not only the municipal corporation’s achievement. He also praised the contribution of the city’s sanitation workers.
Key numbers
- 1st: Rudrapur’s place in the Clean Himalayan City category, per a PIB post quoted by ETV Bharat.
- 467th: Rudrapur’s national rank in the previous survey, per ETV Bharat Uttarakhand.
- 4,751 cities were covered in this year’s survey, against 73 when it began, per ETV Bharat.
- 2.70 crore citizens gave feedback, said Union Minister Manohar Lal, per Devdiscourse.
Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 winners across India
Navi Mumbai took the top position in the Super Swachh League and Surat ranked second, ETV Bharat reported. In the previous edition Indore had topped the league, followed by Surat and Navi Mumbai. President Murmu said cleanliness is also a reflection of public health, social awareness and administrative accountability, in a post on X quoted by ETV Bharat.
Uttarakhand has other civic and tourism news this week, as our report on Chief Minister Dhami’s Rishikesh park inauguration and our report on Accor’s first Uttarakhand hotel showed.
What happens next after the Rudrapur Swachh Survekshan win
The reports do not give Rudrapur’s survey score or say how many Himalayan cities took part. ETV Bharat described the Rudrapur Swachh Survekshan result as the outcome of changes the municipal corporation made to its sanitation system. Rudrapur ranked 467th nationally in the previous survey, per ETV Bharat Uttarakhand. This year’s result is in a separate category created for hill and Himalayan cities, so the two ranks are not a like-for-like comparison. The next survey cycle has not been announced.
A first national award in a new category gives Uttarakhand a civic benchmark it did not have before. The reports give no survey score, so how Rudrapur compares with other Himalayan cities on the numbers is still unknown.