Raipur, November 10, 2026: President Droupadi Murmu will honour three urban local bodies from Chhattisgarh, Raipur, Bilaspur, and Bilha, for securing national awards in the ‘Swachh Survekshan’ (Cleanliness Survey) 2025-26.
The Swachh Sarvekshan awards ceremony, organized by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, will take place tomorrow, November 11, at 11:30 AM at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar and Union Minister of State Tokhan Sahu will also be present at the event.
Representing Chhattisgarh, Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Urban Administration and Development Arun Sao, Principal Secretary Sonmoni Borah, SUDA CEO Sumeet Agrawal, along with public representatives, officials, and sanitation workers from the selected urban bodies, will participate in the ceremony.
In this tenth edition of the Swachh Sarvekshan, three cities from Chhattisgarh have been selected for national awards.
The theme for this year’s survey is “New Initiatives for Cleanliness, Join Hands, Clean Together”. This theme emphasizes collective responsibility and public participation in maintaining cleanliness.
In the selected cities, sanitation workers, citizens, and the officials and staff of the urban local bodies have played a crucial role in carrying out cleanliness activities. Notably, Bilha, Bilaspur, and Raipur were also recipients of national awards in the previous edition of the Swachh Sarvekshan.
