In context with Government of India’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Campaign), villagers from 110 Villages in three Northern states of India – Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh – have decided to not wed their daughters in families with no toilets. The decision to inculcate
Swachh Bharat Mission proposes toilets for all, with a vision to make India open defecation free by 2019. Lack of toilets however is not the only issue in remote parts of the country. Shortage of electricity and scarcity of safe drinking water are other two
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is highly bent at improving public sanitation in India and to lend a helping hand to the movement, 183 self-cleaning public toilets – eToilets have been installed in Chennai. This is first time, smart toilets that can automatically clean themselves, are installed
Not long ago, we had posted some pictures of the Rythu Bazaar in Mehdipatnam, a farmer’s market in Hyderabad, showing how “Painting religious symbols couldn’t stop Indians from urinating on walls”. Now, we have another demonstration that painting pictures of gods or painting religious symbols
In a first of its kind initiative, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is sending a group of sweepers and diggers (beldars) on a official trip to foreign countries in order to provide them exposure to sanitation, cleanliness, waste disposal etc. in these nations. The
Indian spiritual leader and humanitarian Mata Amritanandamayi, popularly known as ‘Amma’, donated Rs. 100 crores ($15 million) to support Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign and Namami Gange (Clean Ganges) project.
India generates a worrisome amount of 26,000 tons of plastic waste every day. With its harmful impacts on human beings, wildlife, and environment at large, the government’s ‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ (SHS) campaign aims at large scale collection and recycling of plastic waste. To eradicate the