Out of 45, Bengaluru ranks 43 in the garbage-free city category.

When pointed out that the open burning of garbage is illegal and such a protest would add to air pollution, Rajinder Nagar MLA Durgesh Path...

The report was released on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi by Jal Shakti ministry. To compile the data, govt's observation teams vi...

The Swachh Survekshan Gramin-2022 award ranks states and districts on the basis of their performance attained on key quantitative and quali...

The 7th edition of Swachh Survekshan was conducted to study the progress of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) and rank the Urban Local Bodi...

The UN Environment Programme finds the world adding 300 million tonnes of plastic waste every year to the accumulated pile of about 7 billi...

The fact that 70% processing of India’s 130,000 tonnes of daily waste is already happening, compared to less than 20% in 2014 is a great st...

In a statement, the ministry said that this year's survey will create a level playing field for smaller cities by introducing two populatio...

The official said that construction of almost 62 lakh individual household toilets and 5 lakh community and public toilet seats is already ...

Given the cities' contributions to overall macroeconomic growth due to their scale and agglomeration economies, India needs to showcase urb...