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New Delhi : Faridabad in Haryana has emerged as the ‘Fastest Mover Big City’ at the national level in the Swachh Survekshan -2017, results of which were announced here on May 4, 2017, by Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu.
At the national level, Tirupati was ranked the ‘Cleanest Medium City’ while Ambikapur, Chattisgarh, bagged this honour in Small Cities category. Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, emerged as the ‘Faster Mover’ in medium cities category, Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, moved the fastest by significantly improving it’s rank this year over 2014 Survey in small cities category, according to a PIB release. Jamshedpur in Jharkhand has emerged as the cleanest city in East Zone.
Patna has been ranked 262nd in Swachh Survekshan 2017 while Bettiah, headquarters of West Champaran district in North Bihar, has been ranked 270 and Hajipur at 272 and Bhagalpur at 275.
Chas in Jharkhand is ranked 41st and Hazaribagh in Jharkhand has been ranked 91st. Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, has been ranked 117th, Deoghar at 102 and Dhanbad at 109.