India, July 18 -- Chandigarh emerged the second cleanest city among 'big cities' with a population of 3-10 lakh in the 2024-25 Swachh Survekshan rankings while neighbours Mohali and Panchkula put up a dismal performance, seeing a decline from their previous years performance. For City Beautiful, however, it was a major boost as it had been ranked 11th in the 'over one lakh population' category.

The Union ministry had placed the cities in five different categories, as per the population in the 2011 census. Under the new category -- Super Swachh League -- Noida emerged the cleanest city, followed by Chandigarh and Mysore in the three to 10 lakh population category. The ministry did not share total scores for the super league cities.

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