India, July 17 -- The Union Territory of Chandigarh was adjudged the second cleanest city in the category of cities with a population between 3 and 10 lakh at the ninth Swachh Survekshan 2024 annual awards in New Delhi on Thursday.

President Droupadi Murmu presented the award to Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria and Chandigarh mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla at a ceremony in the national capital after the Union housing and urban affairs ministry announced the rankings.

Crediting the people of Chandigarh, mayor Babla said: "Chandigarh continues to set the benchmark in urban sanitation, reaffirming its status as one of India's cleanest and most sustainable cities."

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