Hyderabad: Greater Hyderabad has been recognised as Telangana’s first Swachh city under the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26, conducted by the Union ministry of housing and urban affairs as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission–Urban.
It has signed MoUs with Manthani and Cheryala municipalities as a mentor city and organised training programmes and capacity-building workshops to help improve sanitation standards in these municipalities.
Officials said the award would further encourage the civic body to strengthen cleanliness initiatives and make Greater Hyderabad a cleaner and more sustainable city. The national recognition acknowledges the city’s efforts in improving urban sanitation, cleanliness and solid waste management. Apart from its own sanitation initiatives, GHMC has also been extending support to smaller urban local bodies under the Swachh Shehar Jodi programme.
Hyderabad in charge minister Ponnam Prabhakar, GHMC commissioner RV Karnan and HMDA commissioner Sarfaraz Ahmed received the award from President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi on Wednesday.