Swachhata Bharat app shows citizen are driving up the cleanliness rankings

Indore and Bhopal, which hold the first and second ranks

If you are happy with your city’s cleanliness and want it to be recognised, it might be a good idea to begin by downloading a government mobile phone application.

Citizen engagement appears to be driving national cleanliness rankings more than municipal claims and independent verifications, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of 20 cities in the 2017 Swachh Survekshan (Cleanliness Survey) report released by the ministry of urban development (MoUD).

The government evaluated cities’ performance on citizen engagement through a mobile application ‘Swachhata-MoUD’–which can be downloaded from