Chandigarh and Mysore were honoured for 'Clean Cities in million plus population category'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today honoured as many as 11 institutions and organisations for cleanliness.
Chandigarh and Mysore were honoured for 'Clean Cities in million plus population category' and Gangtok for 'Cleanest Tourism Destination'.
Surat Railway Station was felicitated for 'Cleanest Station' during the India Sanitation Conference, while Post Graduate Institute of Medical Research & Education, Chandigarh for 'Cleanest Hospital'.
Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu also distributed Rs 400 crore to 19 states and the Union Territories of Chandigarh for promoting urban reforms under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) during 2015-16.
Tamil Nadu topped the list of performing states and Chandigarh headed the Union Territories, while Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir and Andaman and Nicobar Islands could not qualify for the incentives, an official statement said.
During the conference, top leadership of the country including the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and Ministers from states and Union Territories signed a Declaration of Commitment to make India Open Defecation Free and Clean by 2019.
Other elected representatives from rural and urban local bodies, District Collectors, Municipal Commissioners also signed a similar Declaration.