Celebrating Independence Day by conducting a cleanup drive at Versova beach, Afroz Shah announced that 52 public toilets will soon be constructed
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From introducing a community-driven decentralised water management policy, cleaning the ‘critical’ Ganga to running a skill development programme in efficient use of water among the youth, eminent water activist Rajendra Singh underlines solutions to India’s reversable water crisis
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With construction of over 30,000 toilets since 2014, all the 27 cities in north-eastern state of Manipur are now open defecation free
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To enhance Indore’s sanitation quotient, civic staff will be given GPS-enabled wrist watches that will monitor their work and a special software developed by an IT firm will track the movement of garbage collecting vehicles
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Nearly 700 kilos of biodegradable waste from Meenakshi temple and houses around the temple is converted into manure daily,used for growing organic vegetables
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In the last four years, the Karnataka government has constructed 22 lakh toilets and needs five lakh toilets more to declare itself open defecation free
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Ten youth from Amba village in Kolhapur district are on a mission to give a new lease of life to trees uprooted during landslides and heavy rains and in last ten years over 350 trees have been leased a new life
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2,000 discarded plastic bottles have been reused by Indian Railways' Ferozepur division to install vertical gardens at Ludhiana railway station
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Zero-waste landfill city Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh was rewarded as one of India’s best city in ‘Innovation and Best Practices’ (population 1 – 3 lakh) category in Swachh Survekshan 2018
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With more than 3,000 kilos of banned plastic seized in Mumbai, in the last one month since the plastic ban was imposed, vendors, street hawkers and common people are gradually making a shift to eco-friendly alternatives. Here’s how the city is coping with the ban
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After a blanket ban was imposed on plastic carry bag in Thiruvananthapuram, the demand for paper bags made by visually impaired people has increased giving them more income
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the Green Mahanadi Mission on July 24 to end soil erosion and recharge groundwater reserves of Mahanadi river
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The Kahilipara-Dakhingaon Don Bosco road in Assam’s largest city Guwahati will be built using waste plastic announced Public Works Department minister Himanta Biswa Sarma
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The Cuffe Parade Residents Association (CPRA) has taken up the responsibility to purify the city’s air by planting 800 trees in the south Mumbai area
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