With the only landfill in the city on the verge of collapse and unable to take in anymore waste, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation will give tax...
Deaths due to manual scavenging saw a surge in the past three months, with the capital alone witnessing more 10 deaths in less than two months
Mumbai produces an estimated 2,300 tonnes of construction debris every day, making it tough for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to collect and treat it on a...
Despite its open defecation free status, the city of Guwahati is struggling to manage its waste effectively, relying more on short term fixes rather than long...
The much needed concerns on urban sanitation were addressed during Swachh Bharat Abhiyan's second year, when more than 13 lakh toilets were built across India's numerous...
Nagpur generates a huge 1,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily, prompting its civic body to take some small and large scale measures to address the...
Though it ranked 304 out of 434 cities in Swachh Survekshan 2017, Muzaffarpur was the best ranked city from Bihar and is hopeful of improving its...
Meerut’s poor rank of 336 in Swachh Survekshan 2017 has prompted the city’s civic body to adopt a model waste management system, inspired by Chhattisgarh’s Ambikapur
With segregation and awareness programmes already going on in many parts of the country, the next steps in effective waste management would be to effectively implement...
As many urban civic bodies begin to follow the trend of levying cess for solid waste management, the effectiveness of extra charges depend on the civic...
With a planned budget of Rs. 62,000 crores, the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) plans to construct 1.2 crore household toilets and 2,50,000 public toilets by 2019
