Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MOHUA) has announced the list of the Star Rating of Garbage Free Cities.
Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs, told that a total of six cities were rated as 5-Star (Ambikapur, Rajkot, Surat, Mysuru, Indore and Navi Mumbai), 65 as 3-Star cities and 70 as 1-Star cities for the 2019-2020 assessment year.
Also at the event Puri introduced the revamped protocol for the Garbage Free Cities Star Ranking. A total of 141 cities have been rated — six of them 5-star, 65 of three-star, 70 one-star.
Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra said 1,435 cities applied for the ‘Star Rating Assessment’.
During the evaluations, 1,19 crore citizen feedbacks and over 10 lakh geo-tagged images were collected, and 1,210 field assessors visited 5,175 solid waste processing plants, he said.
Top 5-star Garbage free cities:
3 star Garbage free cities:
| 3 Star Cities | State |
| Tirupati | Andhra Pradesh |
| Vijayawada | Andhra Pradesh |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Bhilai Nagar | Chhattisgarh |
| Jashpur Nagar (M) | Chhattisgarh |
| Narharpur (NP) | Chhattisgarh |
| Patan (NP) | Chhattisgarh |
| Raigarh | Chhattisgarh |
| Rajnandgaon | Chhattisgarh |
| Bilaspur | Chhattisgarh |
| Saragaon (NP) | Chhattisgarh |
| Barsur (NP) | Chhattisgarh |
| New Delhi (NDMC) | Delhi |
| Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| Bagasra | Gujarat |
| Gandhinagar | Gujarat |
| Jamnagar | Gujarat |
| Talala | Gujarat |
| Karnal | Haryana |
| Jamshedpur | Jharkhand |
| Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh |
| Burhanpur | Madhya Pradesh |
| Chhindwara | Madhya Pradesh |
| Kanthaphod | Madhya Pradesh |
| Katni | Madhya Pradesh |
| Khargone | Madhya Pradesh |
| Omkareshwar | Madhya Pradesh |
| Pithampur | Madhya Pradesh |
| Singrauli | Madhya Pradesh |
| Ujjain | Madhya Pradesh |
| Ambarnath | Maharashtra |
| Bhiwandi Nizampur | Maharashtra |
| Brahmapuri | Maharashtra |
| Chandrapur_M | Maharashtra |
| Deolali Pravara | Maharashtra |
| Dhule | Maharashtra |
| Gadhinglaj | Maharashtra |
| Indapur | Maharashtra |
| Jalgaon | Maharashtra |
| Jalna | Maharashtra |
| Jejuri | Maharashtra |
| Junnar | Maharashtra |
| Kagal | Maharashtra |
| Karhad | Maharashtra |
| Khed | Maharashtra |
| Lonavala | Maharashtra |
| Mahabaleshwar | Maharashtra |
| Malkapur_S | Maharashtra |
| Matheran | Maharashtra |
| Mauda CT | Maharashtra |
| Mira-Bhayandar | Maharashtra |
| Murgud | Maharashtra |
| Narkhed | Maharashtra |
| Panchgani | Maharashtra |
| Panhala | Maharashtra |
| Rajapur | Maharashtra |
| Ratnagiri | Maharashtra |
| Sasvad | Maharashtra |
| Shirdi | Maharashtra |
| Tasgaon | Maharashtra |
| Thane | Maharashtra |
| Vadgaon | Maharashtra |
| Vengurla | Maharashtra |
| Vita | Maharashtra |
| Nawanshahr | Punjab |