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Railway’s Cleanliness Initiative
April 14th, 2012 - 35 days ago 
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The Railways will have to take steps to improve catering services and the level of cleanliness on moving trains, the Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal told officials of South Eastern Railway and metro railway in Kolkata. These directions come at a time when passengers have lodged several complaints against the deteriorating quality of services on
Issue Month : April Issue Year : 2012 Issue Volume : VOL.: 8 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 4
Cleaning for education
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Kaluana village in Sirsa along Haryana’s dusty borders with Rajasthan has redefined what ‘public-private partnership’ can mean in terms of girls’ education and social development. It is utilising a combined prize money of Rs 25 lakh that it won as the ‘Cleanest Village’ at both the national and state levels to promote education for women.
Issue Month : April Issue Year : 2012 Issue Volume : VOL.: 8 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 4
EU project for Shimla
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The European Union (EU) has approved a Rs 7-crore city sanitation project for Shimla along with capacity building and awareness in four other municipalities in Himachal Pradesh. The project will hopefully help the “Queen of Hills” regain some ground and emerge as a cleaner and better city.
Issue Month : April Issue Year : 2012 Issue Volume : VOL.: 8 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 4
Stinking Campuses
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Ranchi University (RU) has finally woken up to the stinking reality of poor sanitation facilities across its campuses. After years of neglect, the varsity has decided to upgrade toilets at all colleges. The vice chancellor has instructed the colleges to set up at least two water filters and coolers on the premises. He has also
Issue Month : April Issue Year : 2012 Issue Volume : VOL.: 8 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 4
Beach Cleaning
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The Goa government is planning to spruce up the Calangute-Candolim beachfront. The PWD is already drawing plans to put up latrines, changing rooms and shower rooms for tourists at Calangute beach. A series of other initiatives are in the pipeline for the betterment of Calangute village and the constituency as a whole. The chief minister
Issue Month : April Issue Year : 2012 Issue Volume : VOL.: 8 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 4
More phones than toilets!
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Nashik homes have better access to phones than toilets. Nearly 68% homes are equipped with some telephone connection, over 56% comprising mobile phones. While 20% of the 3.20 lakh homes within Nashik city lack toilet facilities within their premises, the figure is as high as 60% of the total 78,703 homes in Malegaon. The Muslim
Issue Month : April Issue Year : 2012 Issue Volume : VOL.: 8 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 4
Clean-up Act
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The Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) recently bagged award for being one of the best sanitised cities in Maharashtra. However, the health department officials seem to have little time to initiate cleanliness measures for the twin-city. Heaps of garbage lying on the road sides are a common sight in the absence of a proper system to
Issue Month : April Issue Year : 2012 Issue Volume : VOL.: 8 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 4
Kolkata airport open to external IFM providers
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IFM service providers can now look for opportunities at the new integrated terminal at Kolkata airport scheduled to be completed in June-July this year. Speaking to CIJ, Airport Director B P Sharma said that constant complaints about the current facility, especially maintenance, have forced the management to revaluate the situation and decide to engage professional
Issue Month : April Issue Year : 2012 Issue Volume : VOL.: 8 Issue Number : ISSUE.: 4
FSI looking for service vendors
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The Ministry of External Affairs, Foreign Service Institute (FSI), New Delhi, is seeking Integrated Facility Management service provider at the Old JNU Campus, New Delhi. Speaking to CIJ, Bhupendra Singh, Under Secretary (FSI), said that the selection process is on. FSI is looking for service providers capable of providing multiple maintenance services, including garbage disposal,
SC Railway plans to outsource OBHS
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The South-Central Railway has planned to outsource the housekeeping services of certain long-distance trains to professional service providers. Speaking to CIJ, M Vijaya Kumar, Sr DME, (C & W)/BG of South Central Railway (Secunderabad) says, “The cleaning contractor has to provide OBHS in Group-II trains like the Patna Express, Intercity Express, Bikaner Express, LTT Duronto
