In 2023, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) hired global giant KPMG on a ₹2.4 crore contract, promising to lift the city in the Swachh Survekshan rankings. Two years later, crores are gone, rankings are stagnant, and KPMG is out the door. A new agency will now be parachuted in, but the question is blunt: will Nagpur get clean streets or just another round of glossy paperwork?
The record is damning. In Swachh Survekshan 2024, Nagpur crawled to 27th among 44 million-plus cities with 9,328 marks. This despite being Maharashtra’s second capital and home to 2.5 million people. On the ground, the picture mocked the score: 100+ garbage black spots untouched, segregation stuck below 30%, and public toilets reeking and broken.
The 2024–25 survey was no better. Once again 27th. Only after NMC screamed foul and appealed did numbers magically shoot up. Door-to-door collection leapt from 30% to 90%, segregation from 1% to 60%, GPS monitoring from under 50% to 80%. With this “revision,” Nagpur was bumped to 22A. Yet even with the inflated score, the city failed for the second year running to earn a single Garbage-Free City star — a tag more than 20 cities already flaunt.
Instead, Nagpur clings to its Water+ badge while citizens still face overflowing bins, irregular pickups, and filthy toilets. Now, the new agency has a brutal mandate: 100% door-to-door collection, 70–80% segregation, daily monitoring of black spots, and working toilets.
After burning ₹2.4 crore for crumbs, Nagpur has no patience left for excuses.
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