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HC rues people's 'litter here, cleanliness abroad' act; asks if we are living in civilised societyThe Bombay High Court expressed strong disapproval of citizens littering in India. The court questioned if this behavior reflects the price...
Meet Amith Amarnath, the lawyer making Bengaluru cleaner and greenerAmith Amarnath has spent over a decade transforming Bengaluru's public spaces. His organization, Youth for Parivarthan, has cleaned over 40...
Gujarat to provide Rs 6,800 assistance to all flood-affected families in Surat: Deputy CM Harsh SanghaviGujarat's Deputy Chief Minister announced expedited flood relief measures for Surat city. Financial assistance for household items has reac...
"A ray of hope": PM Modi hails 'Namami Gange Abhiyan' initiative for saving trapped Gangetic dolphin in UP"India's first Ganga dolphin rescue ambulance played a huge role in this. Built under the 'Namami Gange Abhiyan', it reached there as a ray...
Swachhata Hi Seva drive: Over 16 crore citizens clean 14 lakh units, 5 lakh public spacesMore than 16 crore citizens actively joined the Swachhata Hi Seva campaign, cleaning nearly 14 lakh target units and five lakh public space...
Make agents of public dirtiness payDespite initiatives like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, India grapples with public squalor due to apathy towards civic sense. The Swachh Survekshan...
Harsh Goenka points out one quality Indians need to learn from the Japanese, says we must ensure better civic senseIndian billionaire Harsh Goenka sparked a debate on social media regarding cleanliness standards in India versus Japan. He emphasized that ...
Cleanliness to godlinessCleanliness, as emphasised by figures like John Wesley and Mahatma Gandhi, extends beyond personal hygiene to encompass environmental respo...
Swachh Survekshan 2023: Here are 10 dirtiest cities in India and all are in West BengalCuriously, West Bengal houses all ten cities with populations over 100,000 ranked as the dirtiest in India. Indore in Madhya Pradesh has cl...
PM Modi implemented Gandhi's mantra of 'Swachhata hi Seva' through 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan': Amit ShahUnion Home Minister Amit Shah participated in a cleanliness drive in Ahmedabad as part of the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' initiated by Prime Mi...
Caught littering on the streets in Patna, you could earn new 'Road Enemy' tagTo ensure sustained cleanliness, every road will be assigned a dedicated team comprising a sanitation worker, sanitation inspector, and sup...
National Cleanliness Day 2023: Significance, Theme, and MoreThe theme for National Cleanliness Day 2023 is "Swachh Bharat: Swasth Bharat." The purpose of this day is to raise awareness about the impo...
Swachh Bharat failed to click in Delhi, UP, Punjab & Bihar: SurveyIt has also found that failure of municipal bodies to fulfil their duties, poor enforcement and lack of civic sense among citizens are the ...
'500 cities & towns to vie for cleanest area'The urban development ministry on Saturday launched the Swachh Surveskshan that will start from January 2017 where citizens' feedback will ...
Railway minister Suresh Prabhu launches "clean my coach" serviceSuresh Prabhu launched the "Clean my Coach" service on Friday whereby a passenger can request for a dirty coach to be swept and cleaned by ...
Swachh Bharat Mission: A year on, only 6 states show Swachh promiseOnly six states have shown visible improvement in cleanliness almost a year after the Swachh Bharat campaign was launched.
Launch of Swachh Bharat is welcome, but it must sweep beyond the photo-opHistory tells us that while sanitation and sewers have been ingredients of urbanised modernity for nearly 200 years, nowhere did they come ...
Delhi government to set up control room to register complaintsDelhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today asked the Chief Secretary to set up the control room, deploy staff and put into place the mechanism for...
AAP sends 2,500 photos to Delhi mayors showing garbage in cityHowever, the party said that the final responsibility of the day-to-day work for keeping Delhi clean belongs to the municipal corporations.
Parkash Singh Badal calls for community participation for clean IndiaAddressing the gathering at Shekpura near here, Badal said that people should take up the cudgels of keeping the country clean.