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If Delhi’s Air Quality Worsens, Will Bring Back The Odd-Even Scheme: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia

Last year, the Delhi government had imposed the odd-even rule for 15 days after the government had declared city’s air pollution as an emergency situation in...

Port Blair Ends Open Defecation, Gives A Push To Andaman & Nicobar’s Open Defecation Free Target Of 2018

The centre has set March 2018 as the deadline for all the Union Territories (UTs) to go open defecation free (ODF). With Port Blair declared as...

Tamil Nadu’s Meenakshi Temple Bags ‘Cleanest Iconic Place’ Title, Beats Taj Mahal, Golden Temple

From ensuring that the bin coverage is highly dense, installing 20 e-toilets to aggressively implementing source segregation of waste, the Meenakshi temple adopted simple yet essential...

A Comprehensive Waste Management Model Needed To Cut Down Plastic Generation: Dia Mirza

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan ambassador, Dia Mirza who is a on a mission along with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to make Bandra’s H-West ward plastic free, spoke...

Bengaluru's 'Ugly Indians' Who Beautify Dirty Spaces, Here's How They Paid Tribute To Mahatma Gandhi On Rashtriya Swachhta Diwas

A group of volunteers who believe in working for cleanliness of the society without taking any credits came out in large numbers on October 2 and...

Amitabh Bachchan Lauds Afroz Shah, The Man Behind World’s Biggest Beach Cleanup

Actor Amitabh Bachchan gifted an excavator machine and a tractor to beach warrior Afroz Shah recently, for his tremendous efforts taken in last 102 weeks to...

Three Years Of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: 10 Things Prime Minister Narendra Modi Said On #GandhiJayanti

On the third anniversary of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the vision of Mahatma Gandhi can be fulfilled by 2019 only when...

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Goes Big: Urban Areas Of Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand And Madhya Pradesh Declared Open Defecation Free

To mark the third anniversary of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan remarkable, Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs today announced urban areas of...

State Of Gujarat Celebrates Rashtriya Swachhta Diwas, Declares Itself Open Defecation Free

Marking the third anniversary of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the rural areas of Gujarat were declared open defecation free today thereby attaining 100% sanitation coverage

Three Years Of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi To Give Away Swachhta Awards

As a part of third anniversary of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan celebrations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will felicitate citizens and organisation who have contributed to the Clean...

Banega Swachh India Campaign Calls For A Swachh Zameen, Swachh Hawa, Swachh Pani To Mark Mahatma Gandhi’s Anniversary

With Rural & Urban Tamil Nadu Having 75% Plus Sanitation, The State Aims To Go Open Defecation Free By March 2018

Just 10% and 25% of urban and rural Tamil Nadu respectively, lack access to toilets and in order to close this narrow gap to earn the...

Sports Personalities Join The Cleanup Movement And Support #SwachhataHiSeva

Players from hockey and cricket team came forward to participate in government's Swachhata Hi Seva campaign to mark three years of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

70% Of Uttarakhand Is ODF, But Rest May Take Another Year. Here’s Why

In June, the rural areas (70 per cent of the state) were declared open defecation free and now its urban counterpart is striving to attain the...