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From Temple Town to Trash Town?

Madurai has just topped a list nobody wants to lead—it’s officially the dirtiest city in India. Out of 4,589 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) surveyed in the 2024–25 edition, the temple town came dead last in the 2025 Swachh Bharat rankings.

Overflowing garbage bins, locked public toilets, defunct composting units—it’s a civic collapse dressed in cultural pride. And it’s not just Madurai. Chennai tumbled to rank 38. Dindigul, Salem, Tirunelveli, even Coimbatore—same story: poor waste management, vanishing sanitation staff and projects stuck in red tape.

The worst part? This isn't about a lack of funds or tech. It’s about apathy. Cities like Indore and Navi Mumbai are running clean on citizen action and smart systems, while Tamil Nadu’s urban bodies are still waiting for memos to turn into movement.

How long are we going to hide behind heritage while tourists walk through trash and drains overflow during temple festivals?

The state's sanitation crisis isn’t just an embarrassment, it’s an indictment. Madurai alone receives 27 million tourists every year and if we can brag about our Chola and Pandyan pride, we can surely clean up the streets around them too. And if we continue to treat garbage like its someone else’s job, Tamil Nadu will keep slipping in rankings, hygiene and dignity too.

[urban local bodies, Madurai garbage issue, cleanliness rankings 2025, Swachh Survekshan, Tamil Nadu hygiene, Indore clean city, civic apathy, sanitation collapse, Madurai tourism, TN civic issues]

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