From Waste To Wealth: These 5 Startups Are Showing India How To Manage Waste Effectively

Currently, every year the country produces a whopping 62 million tonnes of waste out of which 45 million tonnes of waste remains untreated. The need of...

Swachh Survekshan 2017: 80% Of The Citizen Feedback Says Cities Turned Cleaner In 2 Years

Swachh Survekshan 2017 has evaluated 434 cities and is all set to announce the results on May 4, 2017. Here are few of the highlights of...

There Should Be Toilets At Every 500 Metres: Akshay Kumar’s Swachh Request To Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

India is the seventh-largest country in the world by area but is also among the dirtiest country’s in the world, with more than half the population...

NDTV Wins Media For Sanitation Award For Banega Swachh India Campaign At Indian Sanitation Coalition-FICCI Awards 2017

For outstanding media coverage in the field of sanitation, NDTV has been felicitated with the 'Media For Sanitation’ award by Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu at the...

Amitabh Bachchan Endorses The 'Clean, Segregate, Compost' Mantra

The Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan has been one of the most successful campaigns in India and has now got the pledge and support of millions, but a...

Building Toilets Is Not Enough. Why India Needs Them To Be Waterless And Zero-Waste

What we need is well-designed toilets that cater the need and issues which India is currently grappling with – Waste Management and Water Scarcity

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Government Ministries To Prepare A Two Year Action Plan

‘Swachh Bharat Mission Taking Rapid Strides,’ Says Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu

The Indian Railways have also taken the Swachh route with the introduction of bio-toilets in trains, as well planning a green corridor track free from human...

With Low Cost And Smart Bio-Toilets An Engineer Brings Change To Rural Maharashtra

As the quest to make India open defecation free continues, this Engineer from Maharashtra does his bit by making low-cost bio-toilets to fulfill the dream of...

This Swachh Bharat Fan ‘No. 1’ In Karnataka Gives 1 Kg Tomato Free To Families With Toilets

Sharanamma Bakar, a poor vegetable vendor in Karnataka’s Danapur village gives 1 kg tomatoes free to every family that has built a toilet

Bellandur Lake: Bangalore Development Authority Begins Clean Up, Starts By Removing Weeds

The National Green Tribunal has set a four-week deadline for the Karnataka government to remove toxic and other solid waste from the Bellandur lake

An Urgent Challenge: Why India Needs To Tackle Its Menstrual Waste

Did you know a single woman can generate up to 125 kg of non-biodegradable waste through her menstruating years alone? Knowing this staggering fact, it doesn’t...

Bellandur Lake Tragedy: State Pollution Board Takes Charge In Massive Lake Clean Up

365 million litres of sewage and other toxic elements flow into the Bellandur lake every day

Ek Swachh Kadam: Can Food Waste Be Converted Into Fuel For The Future?

India is producing a whopping 62 million tonnes of garbage and around 31 million is being sent directly to landfills every year. To overcome waste related...

Banega Swachh India Season 4: A Call To Clean, Segregate And Compost India's Mounting Garbage

Urban India is the third largest generator of waste in the world and only 12% of this waste is treated. Recognising this problem, NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh...