Alappuzha takes second place in the new Swachh Coastal Town category; Mattannur is Keralam's State First Swachh City

11 November 2026

Alappuzha has been placed second in the Swachh Coastal Town category of the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26, the tenth edition of the urban cleanliness survey. The category is new this year and covers towns of 50,000 to 3 lakh people. Puri in Odisha came first and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra third. Mattannur in Kannur district was named Keralam's State First Swachh City. President Droupadi Murmu gave away the awards at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, and Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal spoke at the ceremony. The survey covered 4,751 cities and drew 2.70 crore citizen feedback responses, with more than 3,000 assessors checking 43 indicators. Sixty national awards were announced. The survey began in 2016 with 73 cities.