Aizawl has bagged the ‘State First Swachh City of Mizoram’ award in the Swachh Survekshan 2025-26, marking a major recognition of the state capital’s cleanliness and sanitation efforts.
The award was presented at a ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi in the presence of President Droupadi Murmu. Aizawl Mayor H Lalremtluanga and officials of the Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation department attended the ceremony to receive the award on behalf of the city.
A decade of national cleanliness rankings
The Swachh Survekshan is conducted by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs under the Swachh Bharat Mission, and has been assessing cleanliness and sanitation standards in urban areas across the country since 2016. The annual survey seeks to foster competition among cities and encourage improvements in waste management, sanitation and overall cleanliness.
Aizawl’s win adds to the city’s record in the national rankings. The state capital was earlier recognised as the Fastest Moving City in the North East Zone in 2017, and picked up a Clean City award within Mizoram in 2023.
What the award recognises
The recognition reflects sustained work on sanitation and urban cleanliness in a hill city where waste collection and disposal pose particular challenges. Civic officials say the award belongs to the city’s residents as much as to its municipal bodies, since cleanliness rankings weigh citizen feedback and ground-level conditions alongside municipal services.
Mizoram’s hill capital sits on steep ridges, and keeping its streets and neighbourhoods clean takes coordinated effort across the municipal corporation, local councils and community groups. The award puts Aizawl among the cities the national survey holds up as examples for others to follow.
The city also features in the region’s wider story: drugs produced across the border are carried through Mizoram, including Aizawl, on their way to the rest of India, while the Centre has released Rs 8,601 crore to the eight northeastern states as advance tax devolution, with Mizoram receiving Rs 615 crore. The North Eastern Council has also released Rs 79.53 crore for development projects across the region.
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