Pimpri-Chinchwad Is Maharashtra’s Cleanest City in Its Category, PCMC Gets National Award at Vigyan Bhawan
The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has been ranked first in Maharashtra in Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 in the category of cities with a population of more than 10 lakh. The President presented the national award at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday. The PCMC Mayor and Municipal Commissioner received it on behalf of the civic body, with Union ministers and senior officials present. PCMC credits the rank to waste segregation at source, regular collection, scientific processing and recycling, and separate collection of wet, dry, sanitary and domestic hazardous waste. Its Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (RRR) centres encourage reuse of household items.
The civic body says many departments worked together, including drainage, water supply, engineering, electrical, environment and gardens, along with ward-level health officers and inspectors. Awareness drives with housing societies and NGOs urged citizens to segregate waste and avoid littering. Officials credited sanitation workers, who work through every season, for the result. The Mayor called it recognition of the administration, workers and residents, and the Commissioner said the award is also a responsibility to raise standards further. For a city whose waste system was shaken by the Moshi depot shutdown in July, the real test is keeping this rank in the next survey.
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