The waste-to-energy plant developed by the Thane Municipal Corporation will generate 14 megawatts of electricity from 600 tonnes of biodegradable garbage every day
10,000 discarded plastic bottles were used to build two community toilets in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district
Bengaluru based Save Green NGO is protecting the trees in the city by removing posters, ads, hoardings on and concrete structure around the trees. Here’s how...
From electric two wheelers, buses, rickshaws to cars, the government has identified benefits and incentives that passengers and vehicle-owners can get on commuting in by less-polluting...
33-year-old Praveen Chauhan from Bodh Gaya town in Bihar is recycling Mahabodhi temple’s floral waste and making natural dyes from it for khadi garments
To manage waste effectively, the Meerut jail will convert six tonnes of biodegradable waste to three tonnes of manure on a monthly basis
A group of citizens from Bengaluru came together in 2014 to end the littering menace near the Jakkur lake through weekly cleanup and tree plantations drives
After making Mumbai’s Versova beach clean and litter-free in 160 weeks, environmentalist Afroz Shah has embarked on a new mission to clean city’s longest river Mithi
On World Toilet Day, Param Iyer, Secretary Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and Amitabh Kant, CEO of Niti Aayog, dug out the human waste-turned-compost from...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared the magnificent sand art of Sudarsan Pattnaik that he created on occasion of World Toilet Day, on his social handle and...
To provide basic hygiene and sanitation to women and girls, WaterAid, United Nations International Children's Fund and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) have jointly launched...
Eight students from Ramnarain Ruia college in Mumbai have developed a gel that makes paan stains colourless and dissolves them which can then be scrubbed off...
Jonah Fernandes and Eldrige Lobo from Goa’s Parra village have opened a zero-waste store that encourages customers to bring own reusable cloth or glass containers to...
Known as Makara, the battery-operated machine developed by Vadodra-based Varun Saikia can remove all kinds of waste from the water bodies
34-year-old Dr Swaminathan Chandramouli runs “Doctor on Wheels”, a mobile-healthcare initiative to provide at-home medical services to senior citizens in...
70-year-old Dr Arunoday Mondal, a Padma awardee has been providing healthcare services for free to rural Sundarbans for over two...
Padma awardee Dr. Neelam Kler highlighted the importance of having a holistic healthcare approach to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality...
Dr Indira Chakravarty, who is a Public Health Specialist, said that the Banega Swasth India campaign has helped people understand...
Currently working as the Chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad, Padma awardee Dr Nageshwar...
