Chhattisgarh took a big leap in urban cleanliness, 115 out of 169 cities included in the cleanliness survey improved their ranking
25 cities of Chhattisgarh in top-100 at national level among 4,566 cities across the country included in the survey
62 cities of the state increased their status in Garbage-Free City Star Rating, Raipur got Seven Star Honor
The number of cities with single, three and five star status reached 114, in the last survey it was 71
Three municipal corporations moved from ODF Plus Plus to Water Plus category, 163 bodies got ODF Plus Plus status
Raipur, 29 July 2025: Chhattisgarh has once again made a strong presence at the national level in the Swachh Survey 2024-25 of the Government of India. The result of the excellent performance of the urban bodies of the state is that this time out of the 169 cities included in the survey, 115 cities have significantly improved their ranking. In this national assessment of cleanliness, 25 cities of Chhattisgarh have been included in the top-100 among 4,566 cities across the country, which is a big jump compared to last year, when only 16 cities were able to come in the top-100. 62 urban bodies of the state have increased their status in the Garbage-Free City Star Rating, while the number of cities receiving single, three and five stars has increased from 71 to 114. Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur has this time received the highest rating of seven stars, up from five stars. Raipur has received this honor in the Garbage-Free City category, along with this, it has also got the status of Water Plus City in cleanliness. This time, these three municipal corporations—Bilaspur, Korba and Bhilai Nagar—have moved from ODF Plus Plus to Water Plus category. 163 urban bodies of the state have received the status of ODF Plus Plus, which also includes bodies like Kirandul and Bhatapara Nagar Palika and Kunra Nagar Panchayat, which were earlier only in the ODF category. Sitapur Nagar Panchayat has also moved beyond ODF Plus to ODF Plus Plus status.
In the last one and a half years, 62 urban bodies have improved the Garbage-Free City Star Rating through their continuous efforts. Bilaspur and Ambikapur have increased their three star level to five stars, while Bhilai Nagar, Jagdalpur Municipal Corporation, Jamul Municipality and Gharghoda Nagar Panchayat have now achieved three stars, moving from single star status for 2023-24. At the same time, cities like Dhamtari, Shibrinarayan and Rajpur, which were not in the star rating in the previous survey, have directly entered the three star category. Due to special efforts in the field of cleanliness and beautification, 52 urban bodies of the state have now upgraded from no star to single star status. This time a big improvement has been seen in the national ranking of many urban bodies. Simga, which was ranked 649th at the national level in the year 2023-24, has secured 95th rank this time. Similarly, Jashpur has moved from 637 to 91, Rajpur from 630 to 63 and Gharghoda from 616 to 71. Bhilai-Charoda has improved its ranking from 587 to 68, Dornapal from 557 to 81, Dantewada from 552 to 70, Jagdalpur from 461 to 55, Mungeli from 447 to 86, Kawardha from 430 to 77, Kunkuri from 426 to 84, Durg from 314 to 80, Rajnandgaon from 268 to 46, Bhilai Nagar from 267 to 22, Chhura from 230 to 76, Pratappur from 173 to 62, Balrampur from 65 to 53 and Raipur has moved up from 12th rank to 4th position.
Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai has described this achievement of the cities of the state as the result of collective efforts of local bodies and citizens. He said that the Urban Government, State Government and Central Government together are constantly striving to make the cities clean and beautiful with innovations. He expressed confidence that in the coming time, the ranking of the cities of Chhattisgarh will improve further and this time’s national success will inspire all the urban bodies even more. Deputy Chief Minister and Urban Administration and Development Minister Arun Saw, while praising the urban bodies that performed excellently in the survey, said that in the financial year 2024-25, an amount of Rs 7,400 crore was released by the state government for urban development and cleanliness, whose positive result is being seen. He informed that the department had directed the commissioners of all the municipal corporations and the chief municipal officers of the municipalities and Nagar Panchayats to regularly monitor the cleanliness work by visiting every morning with their subordinate staff. Saw said that both these initiatives of the department have played an important role in this achievement.
