Noida: The city has retained its place in the Super Swachh League (SSL) category in the 10th edition of Swachh Survekshan, whose results were declared on Wednesday, and was ranked the cleanest in the state.The city had made it to the Super Swachh League among 23 cities in 2024-25. The league identifies cities that have ranked in the top three over the past three years.Noida has climbed in the Swachh rankings steadily since 2018, when it ranked 324th. It moved to 150th in 2019, 25th in 2020, 4th in 2021 and 5th in 2022. In 2023, it was declared the cleanest city in UP and placed second among 342 cities with a population of 3-10 lakh. Nationally, it ranked 14th among 446 cities in the 1-10 lakh bracket.Noida Authority general manager SP Singh said the city had held its position through a focus on several areas. “Noida has maintained its position in Super Swachh League (SSL) category and ranked 1 in UP in this year’s Swachh Survekshan rankings,” he said.The Authority intensified door-to-door waste collection, promoted segregation of wet and dry waste at source and strengthened waste processing facilities. It also encouraged bulk waste generators such as hotels, hospitals, schools, colleges and group housing societies to install on-site composting units to ease the load on centralised plants.To improve cleanliness in public spaces, the Authority stepped up mechanised road sweeping and the removal of roadside garbage and debris. It also carried out wall paintings, upgraded public conveniences and maintained roads, footpaths and roadside drains. GPS-based tracking of waste collection vehicles and surveillance through the Integrated Command and Control Centre produced good results, officials said.The Authority also tied up with SBI General Insurance Company to provide medical insurance for its 4,800 contractual workers.Swachh Survekshan has grown from 73 urban local bodies in 2016 to more than 4,751 cities in its latest edition.
