Hyderabad, Nov. 12 -- In the Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2026, Hyderabad has outperformed five major metros, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata, to emerge as the best-performing city among India's six major metropolitan cities.

In the ranking, the city bagged the 19th position among urban centres with a population of more than 10 lakh. In the assessment conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the city scored 174.2 out of 200 points.

Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2026 assessment

As part of the survey, the performance of urban local bodies in controlling air pollution was assessed.

A report in The Times of India quoted Prasanna Kumar, a retired official of the Telangana Pollution Control Board (TGPCB) and an environmenta...