Jammu Takes National 2nd Place in 'Swachh Himalayan City' at Swachh Survekshan 2025-26

Jammu has been placed second in the country in the "Swachh Himalayan City" category of the Swachh Survekshan Awards 2025-26. President Droupadi Murmu presented the awards at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, at the tenth edition of the national cleanliness survey.

Who collected the award

Greater Kashmir reports that the award for Jammu was received by Ayushi Sudan, Mission Director of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and Commissioner of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), along with Joint Commissioner (Health and Sanitation) Abdul Sattar and Health Officer Dr Shahid Hussain. The ceremony's theme was "Swachhata Ki Nayi Pehel – Badhayein Haath, Karein Safai Saath."

What the administration says earned it

An official spokesperson credited the rank to four things:

• sustainable solid waste management;
• door-to-door collection with four-stream segregation of waste;
• eradication of single-use plastic; and
• community-led cleanliness drives.

The JMC worked with the Housing and Urban Development Department and civil society groups, and the administration also pointed to sanitation protocols and awareness campaigns. The award was dedicated to sanitation workers, frontline safai karamcharis and citizens.

What has not been published

The report does not give Jammu's score or name the other cities in the category, so how large the gap to first place was is not known from the sources available. Note too that this is a rank within the Himalayan-city category, not a ranking against every Indian city.

Why it matters to young Jammu

Segregation and plastic rules are things residents, including students in rented rooms and PGs, handle daily. The JMC has pledged to upgrade urban waste processing, expand green cover and maintain hygiene standards; those are the commitments to hold the city to when the next survey cycle begins.

Sources: Greater Kashmir, 12 November 2026.