Thousands of volunteers and mostly young Indians picked up the broom to join clean-up drives in hundreds of locations across India. Several Union ministers like Prakash...
In the Swachhta (cleanliness) Survey conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Jharkhand was cited as the worst state in the country as far as...
Nitish Kapoor, Regional Director, RB, South Asia, committed to building a 'Swachhalaya' or a clean toilet of a certain standard in every city by December, 2016,...
The area surrounding the Golden Temple in Amritsar is strewn with disposed garbage and needs urgent attention. It is one of the 10 iconic locations that...
People from across the world flock to visit the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra throughout the year. It is one of the most visited tourist places...
Varanasi is regarded as one of the holiest cities of India. People set their dead kin to the pyres along the Manikarnika Ghat, one of Varanasi's...
Religious places across India are clean from the inside, but quite filthy from the outside, says Actor Gul Panag. Perhaps, that's because there's a severe shortage...
"When garbage is strewn in public places, people tend to hop over it and carry on. For someone like me on a wheelchair, that isn't possible....
"I don't hesitate to clean up a toilet on my own", Amitabh Bachchan said at the 12-hour-long Cleanathon held on Rashtriya Swachh Diwas as part of...
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu participated in the NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India campaign and spoke about the need for cleanliness in railway coaches and stations. "We have...
Into its third year, the NDTV-Dettol Banega Swachh India campaign marks October 2 as the Rashtriya Swachhta Diwas with over 200 clean-ups lined up across the...
It's every citizen's responsibility to ensure cleanliness, said Naveen Jindal, Member of Parliament from Kurukshetra, Haryana, and Chairman of Jindal Steel and Power Limited. "We keep...
The Meenakshi Amman Temple is one of the ten iconic sites selected by the Drinking Water and Sanitation Department of the Central Government. The Maduraikarans suggest...
The Thirumala - Tirupati Devasthanams are known to ardently work fora clean Thirumala and Tirupati for two decades now. They strongly believe that the temple town...