Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
Activist Anthony Dias said the presentation was actively attended by senior citizens and the educated class On a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme, urged the nation to participate in waste management, activists in Goregaon took a step towards creating awareness on waste …
Aurangabad: The civic body — facing sharp criticism from various sections of the society for it poor performance in the recently national level survey held under Swatch Bharat Mission — on Saturday said that people should not draw parallels between Aurangabad and Indore that emerged on top. The city dropped …
NEW DELHI: Indore has been ranked as the cleanest city in India+ while Gonda in Uttar Pradesh has been ranked the dirtiest among 434 cities, a government survey has found. Bhopal, another city from MP has been ranked second while Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Surat in Gujarat have emerged …
The state capital has fared poor with 269th rank in Swachh Bharat Ranking 2017, scoring only 43% marks in overall score of 2000. Despite being capital of UP it ranked 10th in the state, much below other cities like Varanasi, Aligarh, Jhansi, Kanpur and Saharanpur etc. Major setback for the …
Nashik: The city which stood 31st in terms of cleanliness and sanitation among the 73 cities surveyed last year, has been ranked 151 among the 434 cities surveyed this year. The list was released by the Union ministry of urban development on Thursday following a 'swachh survekshan survey' undertaken in …
The three municipal corporations have once again fared abysmally in the Swachh Survekshan 2017. East corporation was placed at 196, south at 202 and north at 279 among 434 cities. Last year, 73 cities had been ranked and south had occupied the 39th rank, north was ranked 43rd while east …
CHENNAI: After a muck show in 2016 - when the city was 37th among cities the Centre surveyed, coming behind Trichy, Madurai and Coimbatore - Greater Chennai Corporation is keeping its fingers crossed ahead of Thursday's Swachh Survekshan 2017 announcement results, hoping for a better ranking on the back of …
A total of 6.60 lakh hollow cement blocks, 3.60 lakh concrete cement rings and 30,000 cement bags were utilised for the purpose.A total of 6.60 lakh hollow cement blocks, 3.60 lakh concrete cement rings and 30,000 cement bags were utilised for the purpose. TRICHY: In an attempt to equip all …
Dehradun: A ‘Swachh Survekshan’ undertaken by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) to rank cities based on their progress under the Swachh Bharat Mission has started. Quality Council of India (QCI) assessors will rank seven cities, including Dehradun, in Uttarakhand on their sanitation. Ravneet Cheema, commissioner, Dehradun nagar nigam said, …
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday announced that polythene would be banned in the state from May 1. "Cleanliness campaign is being undertaken after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state. One of the prime obstacle in keeping cities clean is the use of polythene, …
Nearly 43 per cent of India’s rural population defecate in the open, according to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. As per a report published in 2015, 59.43 per cent of the world population defecating in the open live in India, Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation …
KOCHI: At a time when the ‘Swachh bharat abhiyan’ programme is busy igniting minds about keeping one’s locality clean, the Nithya Sahaya Matha Church, Cheranalloor, had long since taken up the initiative to dispose off plastic waste in effective ways. In what appears to be a collective mission undertaken by …
Amid the World Bank report claiming air pollution in 2013 led to 1.4 million deaths, experts from 17 institutions put forward 10 solutions to "breathable air" in Indian cities, urging the launch of a "National Clean Air Mission" on the lines of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The experts at World Sustainable …
Prime Minister Narendra ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi There has been a huge political and financial investment on the Swachh Bharat Mission by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The programme, however, is straining to achieve the desired results. There is a struggle to bring in the much required behavioural change among people …
National Consultation on Rural Sanitation hosted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in New Delhi calls for triggering mindset change, but lack of credible data on health and sanitation is a challenge There has been a huge political and financial investment on the Swachh Bharat Mission by Prime …
City declared free from open defecation Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) on Wednesday added another feather to its cap. The Quality Council of India (QCI), a third party agency identified by the union ministry of urban development, awarded the ‘Swachhata Certificate’ to Mangaluru for being an open defecation-free (ODF) city. The …
CHENNAI: At least 17,325 houses in various parts of the city are yet to get toilet facilities. The Greater Chennai Corporation has issued orders to begin work on construction of toilets utilising funds under Swachh Bharat Mission. As per data compiled by the civic body, most of the 6,281 applications …
KOCHI: Amid apprehension over the smooth functioning of the Brahmapuram waste treatment plant, a representative of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) will visit the plant on Tuesday and Wednesday, following a complaint filed by local residents that waste is being treated at the plant unscientifically. Sources from Kochi corporation said …
Churu is among the top 10 cleanest districts in plains, according to the first-ever survey of rural areas across the country. The survey was conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI) on behalf of the sanitation ministry covering nearly 70,000 household across 2,530 villages. It was released by drinking water …
Eight Of Top 10 Dists From Bengal, Maha Mandi in Himachal Pradesh is the cleanest district followed by Sindhudurg in Maharashtra, according to the firstever survey of rural areas among 75 short-listed districts across the country . The survey was conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI) on behalf of …
