Say No To Plastic: Here Are 5 Simple Ways To Cut Down Plastic Usage

Experts all over the world have estimated that in next 20 years demand for plastics will double and more the generation of plastic, more the damage...

Sachin Tendulkar Launches ‘Mission 24’, Aims To Provide Basic Sanitation Facilities In Mumbai’s Slum Area In Over 24 Months

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar during the Swachh initiative launch said that the onus of keeping Mumbai clean lies with everyone and not only the Brihanmumbai Municipal...

‘Swachhata Hi Seva’ Fortnight: Make Sanitation Everyone's Business, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tells Officials

‘Swachhata Hi Seva’, a fortnightly cleanup drive, will be carried out across the nation starting from September 15 to mark the third anniversary of Swachh Bharat...

Keeping India Beautiful: Run And Keep Your City Clean

Run for a cause -Thousands of people gathered in New Delhi’s Connaught Place to run for a Swachh Delhi

Here’s Why People In Jamshedpur Are Taking Selfies With Dustbins

Jamshedpur has adopted a unique way to spread the importance of using dustbins at home and workplace. The city has started a ‘Selfie With Dustbin’ campaign,...

Arunachal Pradesh’s Successful Use Of Bamboos To Build Low Cost Sanitation Solutions Gets Due Recognition At Swachh Bharat Hackathon

Bamboo toilets are affordable and durable options for areas with uneven and difficult terrain and can play a significant role towards eradicating open defecation in the...

Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi's Recent Field Trip Takes Stock Of Water Pollution In Kanakan Eri

Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi directs stakeholders to take actions in a bid to protect Kanakan Eri, one of Puducherry’s major water bodies

Dia Mirza Sets An Example As A Swachh Ambassador, Makes Her Society Zero Waste

Actor Dia Mirza walks the talk and makes her housing society adopt measures to go zero waste

This Zero Waste Restaurant In Bengaluru Adopts 3R’s - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Mantra, Sets An Example For Other Bulk Generators

Alarmed by the impact of increasing garbage generation on Bengaluru’s landfill, the owner of a vegetarian restaurant at the Sampige Road aggressively implemented waste segregation in...

150 Ragpickers, 200 Volunteers Divert 140 Tonnes Of Waste From Mula-Mutha River During Ganesh Visarjan 2017

Residents of Pune opted for an eco-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi as of the 2 lakh idols immersed this year, 40,000 were immersed in artificial immersion ponds given...

PM Modi Nominates Waste Management Expert Adar Poonawalla As Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Ambassador

Adar Poonawalla runs 'Adar Poonawalla Clean City Initiative' and believes that Pune can be the one of the cleanest cities in the world if all the...

Uttar Pradesh To Mark Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’s Third Anniversary With 'Swachchta Hi Sewa Hai’ Campaign

To increase sanitation quotient in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh, the government will run a cleanliness campaign from September 15 to October 2

First Build Toilets, Then Temples: Prime Minister Narendra Modi On 125th Anniversary Of Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago Address

From the need to end open defecation to why sanitation workers are more important than doctors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched wide range of issues pertaining...

Chennai Railway Station To Solve Its Waste Disposal Problem With A ‘Waste To Energy’ Plant

With a number of food outlets catering to lakhs of passengers, the waste generated at the Chennai railway station is primarily organic in nature and amounts...

Poor Drainage And Sewage System Is The Real Cause Of Urban Flooding: Experts

Experts listed a range of factors like usage of plastic bags, poorly maintained drains and lack of proper sewage disposal as major causes of water clogging...