Improving its ranking by 95 points from 2020 to 2021,Uttarakhandhas emerged the best among the 10Himalayan statesin the sixth edition of the Swachh Survekshan, whose results were declared on Saturday.
For states with less than 100 cities, Uttarakhand ranked fourth nationally. But among theHimalayanstates, it was on top followed by Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland. However, according to experts the comparison is not a fair one because of differences in the Population margins of these states.
Among the 720 cities with less than 25,000 population, Uttarakhands Muniki Reti ranked 11 but experts believe that several state cities are at a very bad position for this to be a significant achievement.