India, July 18 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has secured the 8th rank in the 'Swachh Shahar' category for cities with a population of more than 10 lakh for the 2024 edition of the Swachh Survekshan, improving its national standing by one position from last year.

In 2023-24, Pune was ranked 9th, competing alongside cities like Indore, Navi Mumbai, Surat, and Visakhapatnam, which have consistently topped the charts in the past nine years.

This year, however, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs placed the top four consistently performing cities into a separate "Super Swachh League" category, allowing other cities like Pune to move up in the rankings.

In this year's assessment, Pune scored 11,653 points and came secon...