Mumbai ranked 33 out of 40 in National Swachh Survekshan report
Mumbai emerged as the poorest performer among the eight Maharashtra cities with populations exceeding 10-lakh that were included in the top 40 rankings
22 Jul 2025 | By WhatPackaging? Team
The city received 40% for door-to-door waste collection, a fall from 97% last year
Mumbai continues to face challenges in waste management, ranked 33 out of 40 major Indian cities in the latest National Swachh Survekshan report, released on Thursday. While marking a marginal improvement from last year's 37 spot, the report highlights the city's persistent difficulties in overall solid waste management (SWM) and its struggle to keep pace with other urban centres.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), responsible for managing Mumbai's solid waste, has set a budget of INR 74,000-crore for the year, with 8% to 10% allocated annually to waste management. Despite this, the city continues to struggle with consistent underperformance in the sector.
The annual Swachh Survekshan, a comprehensive survey conducted by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), evaluates various SWM parameters. These encompass critical aspects such as door-to-door waste collection, source segregation, waste generation versus processing, the remediation of dumpsites, and the cleanliness of residential areas, markets, water bodies, and public toilets.
In the million-plus cities category, this includes all major urban areas. Mumbai’s position (33) stands in contrast to Ahmedabad (Gujarat), which emerged as the cleanest city, followed by Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh).
Mumbai's report card presents a mixed performance, revealing some notable declines in scores compared to the previous year. The city received 40% for door-to-door waste collection, a substantial decrease from 97% last year. Similarly, source segregation dropped from 65% to 31%. While dumpsite remediation scores saw a slight increase to 16% from 9%, and waste processing improved to 62% from 49%, the cleanliness of public toilets experienced a significant drop from 90% to 50%. Mumbai scored 92% for maintaining clean water bodies and achieved 100% for the cleanliness of residential and market areas.
Several other Maharashtra cities demonstrated stronger performances within the million-plus category. Pimpri Chinchwad secured seventh position and was recognised as the promising Swachh Shehar of Maharashtra, with Pune closely following at eighth. Thane ranked 15, Nashik 22, Kalyan-Dombivli 24, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar 25, and Vasai-Virar 29.
The report also highlighted strong performances from various satellite districts within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and other parts of Maharashtra. Mira-Bhayandar topped the big cities category (comprising 96 cities), while Panvel secured seventh place. Maharashtra’s Karad, in Satara district, was ranked second in the medium city category.