Shimla, July 18 -- Shimla city's mayor, Surinder Chauhan strongly objected to the recent rankings of the Swachh Survekshan awards, calling into question credibility of the process conducted by the Central Government's agency.

Chauhan, who heads one of the oldest municipal corporations in the country, expressed dismay over Shimla being ranked poorly in the national Swachh Survekshan Index, despite receiving a 100 per cent cleanliness certificate from the same evaluating agency.

"On one hand, we are given a 100% cleanliness score by the same agency, and on the other hand, they rank us extremely low in Swachh Survekshan. This contradiction is shocking and raises serious doubts about the integrity of the process," Chauhan told ANI.

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