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Cleanest cities in India

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The article lists India's cleanest cities according to National City Rating published by Ministry of Urban Development,Government of India. The rating included 423 cities which covers 72 per cent of the urban population was undertaken. The country was divided into five zones for the purpose and each city was scored on 19 indicators. The cities were classified into four color categories of red, black, blue and green. None of the cities were rated as "Green" the best category in the exercise. Chandigarh emerged as the cleanest city in India, with a rating of 73.48 points; followed by Mysore in the second place with 70.65 points.^[1][2]

The recent rankings as of August 2015 by Swachh Bharat announced Mysuru as the number one cleanest city by scoring the highest 18.50 out of 20 points in minimizing open defecation. Bangalore topped among the 27 state capitals of India.^[3][4]

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