Send to friendFor the first time, the government has ranked 423 class 1 Indian cities on the basis of their sanitation standards, and it may come as no surprise that
Mumbai ranks not just lowest amongst the four
metros but with its 46th position falls behind even cities like Kanpur and Guntur. Navi Mumbai with 11th rank is the city with best sanitation in Maharashtra.
This shows that almost all of India’s urban population is living in sub-standard sanitary conditions, which poses a risk to both its health and life. This has been demonstrated most recently by the outbreak of a malaria epidemic in Mumbai.
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