Noida has reportedly retained its position as Uttar Pradesh’s highest-ranked city in the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26 results, while securing sixth place nationally and entering the country’s Super Swachh League, according to a report by Navbharat Times. The result places the planned city among India’s leading urban sanitation performers, although the report contains conflicting figures about Noida’s previous national ranking that require clarification.
The report states that Noida has remained at the top among cities in Uttar Pradesh and has improved its national standing. Its summary says the city moved from 14th place in 2023 to sixth place in the latest ranking. However, the body of the same report says Noida secured the second position nationally in 2023 after scoring 8,117 out of 9,500 points. These two accounts cannot both describe the same ranking comparison and should be reconciled against the official survey results.
The report attributes the performance to the Noida Authority’s continuing work on street cleanliness, waste management and other sanitation indicators. It says Noida was ranked 324th nationally in the 2018 Swachh Survekshan. The city reportedly entered the national top five in 2021 and ranked fifth in 2022 after scoring 6,332 out of 7,500 points.
Noida has also been included in the Super Swachh League, described in the report as the Golden City category. The report says the city scored more than 85 per cent of the available marks in the latest assessment and retained its place in the league. It further attributes a five-star Garbage-Free City rating and Water Plus certification to Noida.
These classifications cover different parts of urban sanitation performance. Garbage-Free City ratings assess solid waste management, while Water Plus certification relates to wastewater and open-defecation-free urban sanitation outcomes. In Noida’s case, the reported recognitions point to an evaluation that extends beyond visible street sweeping to collection systems, waste processing, wastewater management and compliance with survey criteria.
The Noida Authority said citizen cooperation and sustained administrative efforts contributed to the outcome, according to the report. It also said work would continue on sanitation systems, with improvements in technology and operating methods planned for the coming period. The report does not provide details of the specific technologies, contracts, processing capacity or ward-level performance behind the claim.
The results also highlighted other Uttar Pradesh cities. The report said Lucknow remained among the three cleanest large cities nationally, Varanasi entered the top three in the riverine cities category, and Ghaziabad emerged as the highest-ranked city in Uttar Pradesh in that category of comparison. The distinctions reflect the different operational challenges faced by large capitals, riverfront cities and rapidly urbanising industrial corridors.
An awards ceremony was held in New Delhi on Tuesday, where President Droupadi Murmu recognised cities that performed strongly in the survey, the report said. The official national ranking, Noida’s precise score and its correct year-on-year position remain to be confirmed because of the conflicting figures in the supplied report. The Noida Authority’s next stated step is to strengthen sanitation through further improvements in technology and working practices.
