All posts tagged "sikkim"
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Air Pollution2 years agoAhead Of Diwali, Sikkim Government Issues A Ban On Sale And Use Of Firecrackers To Check Air Pollution During The Festive Season
Sikkim government’s Chief Secretary SC Gupta issued an order on November 4 under Disaster Management Act 2005 to completely ban selling and bursting firecrackers until further...
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Coronavirus Outbreak2 years ago
Sikkim Reports Its First COVID-19 Positive Case
25-year-old male from South Sikkim who tested positive for COVID-19 had travelled from New Delhi on May 17 in a private bus till Siliguri
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Coronavirus Outbreak2 years ago
Sikkim Has Reported Zero Positive Cases Of Coronavirus, Chief Minister Explains How
Sikkim was one of the first states to start screening and bard the entry of all foreigners in the state. Back then, it looked like a...
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Sikkim3 years ago
A Government School Teacher In Sikkim Is Sponsoring Education Of Children By Generating Revenue From Waste
Lomas Dhungel from Makha village in East Sikkim and his students are generating revenue from book covers made from plastic waste and books made from old...
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Arunachal Pradesh4 years agoNortheast India’s Success In Improving Rural Sanitation Yet To Be Replicated In Its Urban Areas
Improvement of sanitation facilities in rural areas has made Northeast India one of the best performing regions in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, though the urban performance...
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Sikkim4 years ago
There Is More To Sikkim Than The First State To Be ODF – Here’s How The State Is Truly Going Swachh
A tough mountainous terrain, notwithstanding, Sikkim has emerged as one of India’s environmental leaders - be it in tackling open defecation, plastic and air pollution or...
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News4 years ago
With Open Defecation In Its Rural Areas Eradicated Years Back, Sikkim’s Urban Areas Are Also ODF Now
All 53 urban local bodies in Sikkim have been declared ODF as more than 70 public and community toilets have been built since Swachh Bharat Abhiyan...
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Arunachal Pradesh5 years ago
Rural Improvement But Urban Lag In Northeast’s Performance
Northeastern states of India have progressed slowly but steadily in improving rural sanitation coverage in three years since the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan began, but urban sanitation...
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Sikkim5 years ago
This Sikkim School’s Waste Management Initiatives Have Influenced Teachers, Students And Parents Alike To Practice Segregation and Recycling
Sikkim has been an ideal example of a clean state as it successfully eradicated open defecation and banned plastic before these issues were taken up at...
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News6 years agoAfter Sikkim, Kerala, Himachal, These 4 States To Be Open Defecation Free
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS) on Friday said that three states had become Open Defecation Free (ODF) while four more state were expected to...
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News6 years ago
Sikkim Adjudged The Cleanest State
Sikkim has been adjudged the cleanest state in the country on the issue of sanitation in rural areas. Its four districts have been ranked among top...
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News6 years ago
Sikkim Is India’s Cleanest State, Jharkhand Comes Last In Swachhta Survey
Sikkim and Kerala have been ranked as top performing states in a Swachhta (cleanliness) survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) while Chhattisgarh and...
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