Vasai-Virar is making strides in urban waste management, with frequent garbage collection from commercial and residential areas, and extensive street sweeping to maintain cleanliness. The city’s commitment to reducing air …
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As mechanised cleaning becomes the mainstay of sewer and drain maintenance, how has it influenced the manufacturers of the equipment that makes it possible? Mrigank Warrier, Associate Editor, Clean India …
In place of plans for waste to energy/biogas plants A year after it was proposed, the state government has approved Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) idea to drop waste-to-energy and waste-to-biogas …
As part of Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen Phase 2 Rs 40,700 crores have been allocated under Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen towards solid and liquid waste management support for over two …
When we assess the state and health of the Indian economy now, one of the first parameters that experts examine is the trend in the demand for the retail sector. …
In a new development, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has announced that the annual sanitation survey exercise of Swachh Survekshan, under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) would …
Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi, Union Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation, has informed Rajya Sabha Member Parimal Nathwani that as many as 33,44,395 individual household latrines (IHHLs) have been …
Twenty years ago, no-one would have believed that an array of Indian and international experts would devote two days of their lives to discussing toilets. But that’s just what happened …
Narendra Modi addressed the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention (MGISC) in New Delhi on October 2. The Prime Minister mentioned the emphasis that Mahatma Gandhi placed on cleanliness. He said …
According to an official statement, the government will announce the launch of a cleanliness survey to be conducted next year as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban). The Swachh …