Vijayawada third cleanest city

Andhra Pradesh ranked fifth in the country and first among the southern States in the Swachh Survekshan 2021, with two of its cities bagging the “Cleanest City” tag. It was ranked fourth in 2020. The

Andhra Pradesh ranked fifth in the country and first among the southern States in the Swachh Survekshan 2021, with two of its cities bagging the “Cleanest City” tag. It was ranked fourth in 2020. The results were announced on Saturday by President Ramnath Kovind at the Swachh Amrit Mahotsav programme held in New Delhi. It is the only southern State to have two cities in the top 10 ranks in the national ranking of cities with more than 10 lakh population. Vijayawada bagged the third rank, while Visakhapatnam bagged the ninth rank.

In the national ranking for cities with one lakh to 10 lakh population category, Tirupati bagged the third rank, while Rajahamundry was ranked 41, Kadapa 51, Kakinada 101, Nellore 107, Ongole 123, Guntur 130 and Chittoor was ranked 137.