Surat Enters India’s Top Five Clean-Air Cities, Delhi and Mumbai Fall Outside Top 20
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Surat has secured fifth place in the Centre’s Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2026, while Delhi and Mumbai ranked 21st and 28th respectively.
Surat Scores 191 Points
The Central Pollution Control Board’s Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2026 results placed Surat among the top-performing cities with a population of more than 10 lakh.
Surat scored 191 points to finish fifth in Category-I, which covers cities with populations above 10 lakh.
Lucknow topped the category with 198 points, followed by Indore with 197 and Jabalpur with 195. Bhopal and Agra jointly secured fourth place.
Delhi, Mumbai Miss Top 20
The rankings put major metros well below the leading cities.
Delhi scored 172 points and finished 21st, while Mumbai scored 160 points to rank 28th. The results mark a sharp contrast between the two metropolitan cities and cities that performed strongly in the clean-air assessment.
Chhattisgarh’s Raipur finished sixth with 189 points, while Durg-Bhilai ranked 17th with 175.3 points.
Smaller Cities Also Feature
The survey also assessed cities with populations between three lakh and 10 lakh under Category-II.
Odisha’s Rourkela led this category with 198.5 points, while Firozabad and Guntur jointly secured second place with 195 points.
The annual Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan ranks cities on air-quality improvement efforts and the implementation of measures under the National Clean Air Programme.
