Recipient of the prestigious title of ‘Global Changemaker’ in 2018, Garvita Gulhati, Founder of "Why Waste?", an organization that works on saving water, has been an environmentalist since the age of 13 ...
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Mysuru has had a mixed run in Swachh Survekshan so far, from being number 1 in 2016 to number 5 in 2017 and number 8 in 2018, the city has managed to score third rank in Swachh Survekshan 2019 ...
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What started with a quest to build a brand of beautiful Indian products turned into providing eco-friendly and sustainable alternative to single-use plastic tableware ...
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Malini Parmar and Smita Kulkarni’s firm manufactures menstrual cups, reusable cloth pads and diapers, natural cleaning agents and composting kits among other environment friendly solutions ...
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The philanthropic arm of the IT firm Infosys has announced the revival project of the polluted Panchakalyani lake in Karnataka ...
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On December 27, 2018, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), passed a resolution in the council, declaring all 198 wards as ODF ...
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Yediyur ward in Bengaluru is generating 50 kilowatts of electricity from five tonnes of waste daily. It hopes to increase the power capacity to 250 kilowatts soon ...
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Bengaluru based Eco365 has an innovative solution to India’s water woes – water saving aerator, which saves 80 per cent of the water ...
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The performance audit report of Comptroller and Auditor General on 'Solid Waste Management in Urban Local Bodies’ found that there is mismanagement of plastic waste the assessment of waste was not realistic and the state policy prepared in 2004 was not fully operational ...
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has also asked Bengaluru’s civic body to deposit Rs. 25 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), of which Rs. 10 crore will be transferred to the state pollution board ...
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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 ...
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What started with improving the state of menstrual hygiene in India by providing safe menstrual products has turned into an awareness programme ...
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