New Delhi: Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday conferred the Clean City awards on Alappuzha, Panaji and Mysuru at a function here. The Clean City awards, instituted by the environmental NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), were given away to Alappuzha (Kerala), Panaji (Goa) and Mysuru (Karnataka) as these cities have “municipal waste management systems that actually work”. Thomas Joseph, Chairman, Alappuzha Municipality; Dipak Desai; Commissioner, Panaji City Corporation; and CG Betsurmath, Commissioner, Mysuru City Corporation received the awards from Naidu.