How Swachh Survekshan is heralding wholesome sanitation rejuvenation of India citiesIndia's cities and towns have for long seen waste lying everywhere, thanks to mindless consumption and even more mindless disposal. During ...
10 Aug, 2023, 12.18 AM IST
What 4,000 Indian cities & town should do to fulfil Swachh Bharat missionThe 3 Rs - reduce, reuse and recycle - will have to become both an individual as well as community habit for sanitation plans in urban spac...
13 Nov, 2022, 11.12 PM IST
Indore adjudged cleanest city for 6th time in a row, Surat retains 2nd positionThe 7th edition of Swachh Survekshan was conducted to study the progress of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) and rank the Urban Local Bodi...
01 Oct, 2022, 05.44 PM IST
Municipal finance in focus: How India can empower its urban local bodiesThe low and deteriorating level of delivery of urban services needs to be addressed urgently. Cities contribute about 63% of India's net do...
11 Sep, 2022, 11.44 PM IST
PM Modi to announce results of cleanliness survey 'Swachh Survekshan 2020' on Thursday'Swachh Survekshan 2020', which was completed in 28 days, saw registration of 1.7 crore citizens on Swachhata App, over 11 crore impression...
18 Aug, 2020, 04.22 PM IST
Kashi in 4 years: Not quite Kyoto but got Rs 30,000 crore bonanzaPM Modi is set to embark on a stocktaking trip to India's oldest and continuously inhabited city.
14 Jul, 2018, 06.55 AM IST
BBMP not keen on next swachh surveyIn fact, BBMP's citizen feedback score (619 out of 1,400) is less than the national average, indicating citizens' discontent with the city'...
28 Jun, 2018, 12.08 PM IST
How performance-based rankings are shaking up the rigid world of governmentA competitive wave is shaking up the government. An intense race is on at virtually every level -- from cities to panchayats, universities ...
28 Jan, 2018, 10.27 AM IST
No private firm shown interest in maintaining public toilets: NDMCThe North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) official said, "We wanted to use the public-private-partnership model for the maintenance, so ...
06 Jan, 2018, 03.26 PM IST
New Delhi cleanest in north: Swachh surveyNDMC scored 819.95, 426.88 and 461.13 under municipal documentation, direct observation and citizen engagement, respectively.
05 May, 2017, 10.41 AM IST
Indore ranked India's cleanest city, Uttar Pradesh's Gonda dirtiestGujarat has the maximum of 12 cities among the top 50 clean cities, closely followed by Madhya Pradesh with 11 and Andhra Pradesh with eigh...
05 May, 2017, 12.56 AM IST
For a better cleanliness rank, Bengaluru municipal body pins hopes on binsLack of public dustbins was one of the reasons why the city ended up 38th among 73 cities for cleanliness survey.
19 Dec, 2016, 11.05 AM IST
SwachhBharat@2: How proactive citizens are doing their bit to change the way India handles its trashTo catalyse change, a determined Modi government has launched Swachh Survekshan rankings that names and shames India’s cleanest and dirties...
25 Sep, 2016, 05.54 AM IST
SwachhBharat@2: Neat vs shabby Delhi: A close look at the two sides of the capitalThe rest of Delhi, where the majority of the population lives, is managed by the MCD (another small percentage is managed by the Delhi Cant...
25 Sep, 2016, 05.53 AM IST
Sikkim adjudged cleanest state by 'Swachh Survekshan Gramin 2016' reportSikkim scored 100 per cent marks on a scale of 100 in the ranking given on the basis of using household/community toilet out of household h...
13 Sep, 2016, 02.56 PM IST
Government commissions QCI for Swachh Bharat Mission report cardThe Ministry of Urban Development has commissioned Quality Council of India (QCI) to do an extensive survey on the progress of Swachh Bhara...
09 Jan, 2016, 03.02 PM IST