Mysuru cleanest, Modi's Varanasi among dirtiest in the Swachh Sarvekshan. (PTI story)

The government today released the list of 73 cleanest cities of the country. The Swachh Sarvekshan-2016 ranks 73 cities on cleanliness and sanitation. Cities with over 10 lakh population were surveyed to check how clean or filthy they were.

Mysuru has topped the list of cleanest again this year. The city of palaces was ranked first in the list of 476 cities last year. Dhanbad in Jharkhand has been ranked the worst.

A statement issued by the Urban Development Ministry said that the objective of the survey was to measure the scenario regarding sanitation in selected cities, efforts made by these cities to improve sanitation through necessary strategies, to assess the impact of Swachh Bharat Mission and to promote a spirit of healthy competition among cities.

Here is the list of 10 clean cities:

1. Mysuru (Karnataka)

2. Chandigarh

3. Tiruchiraplli (Tamil Nadu)

4. New Delhi

5. Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh)

6. Surat (Gujarat)

7. Rajkot (Gujarat)

8. Gangtok (Sikkim)

9. Pimpri Chinchwad (Maharashtra)

10. Greater Mumbai (Maharashtra)

Congratulations Mysuru, for winning the crown of #SwachhSurvekshan. More names to follow. pic.twitter.com/r3WXXuN5BD Swachh Bharat Urban (@SwachhBharatGov) February 15, 2016

Cities at the bottom of the list:

64. Kalyan Dombivili (Maharashtra)

65. Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

66. Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)

67. Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh)

68. Raipur (Chhattisgarh)

69. Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)

70. Patna (Bihar)

71. Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)

72. Asansol (West Bengal)

73. Dhanbad (Jharkhand)

In the latest survey to check cleanliness level, 22 state capitals were covered.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched Swachh Bharat campaign in 2014 and this cleanliness survey was to check which states have taken PM's campaign seriously.

The Swachh Bharat campaign is aimed at raising awareness about sanitation and health.



Cities that have the potential to lead the pack:

Panaji (Goa, ranked 16)

Thane (Maharashtra, ranked 17)

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu,ranked 18)

Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh, ranked 19)

Nagpur (Maharashtra, ranked 20)

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh, ranked 21)

Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh, ranked 22)

Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh, ranked 23)

Bhubaneswar (Odisha, ranked 24)

Indore (Madhya Pradesh, ranked 25)

Madurai (Tamil Nadu,ranked 26)

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh, ranked 27)

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh, ranked 28)

Jaipur (Rajasthan, ranked 29)

Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh, ranked 30)

Nashik (Maharashtra, ranked 31)

Warangal (Telengana, ranked 32)

Agartala (Tripura, ranked 33)

Ludhiana (Punjab, ranked 34)

Vasai-Virar (Maharashtra, ranked 35)

Cities that need acceleration:

Chennai (Tamil Nadu, ranked 36)

Gurgaon (Haryana, ranked 37)

Bengaluru (Karnataka, ranked 38)

South Muncipal Corporation of Delhi (New Delhi, ranked 39)

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala, ranked 40)

Aizawl (Mizoram, ranked 41)

Gandhinagar (Gujarat, ranked 42)

North MCD (New Delhi, ranked 43)

Kozhikode (Kerala, ranked 44)

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh, ranked 45)

Durg (Chhattisgarh, ranked 46)

Agra (Uttar Pradesh, ranked 47)

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir, ranked 48)

Amritsar (Punjab, ranked 49)

Guwahati (Assam, ranked 50)

Faridabad (Haryana, ranked 51)

East MCD (New Delhi, ranked 52)

Shillong (Meghalaya, ranked 53)