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 notice ...
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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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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 strict reaction to the pandemic but it has born fruitful results so far ...
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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 papers. So far, they have sponsored education of five students ...
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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 is yet to reach the scale of success witnessed by rural Northeast India ...
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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 waste management ...
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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 began ...
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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 in most of the region’s states is yet to witness similar success ...
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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 the national level ...
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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 achieve the status by March next year.
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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 10 districts in the country in sanitation and cleanliness. ...
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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 Jharkhand have been placed among the last on the table.
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