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) …
HYDERABAD: Seventy five major cities in the country will be ranked basing on sanitation and hygiene conditions there. The ranking will come after more than a year of the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission in October last year. The Union ministry of urban development has commissioned a survey, Swachh Survekshan, …
The aim is to foster a spirit of competition among cities to improve cleanliness and sanitation 75 cities to be ranked on cleanliness As many as 75 cities will be ranked in terms of cleanliness and sanitation next month as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by Prime Minister …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan is not even close to achieving the target of constructing toilets in urban areas under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Swachh Bharat Mission. As per the Swachh Bharat Mission portal figures, there are 33 urban local bodies (ULBs) where not a single toilet has been constructed. The Central …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission, 21/12/2015. The Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) {SBM-G} has been launched on 2nd October, 2014 with a goal of attaining Swachh Bharat by 2nd October, 2019 by accelerating sanitation coverage in the rural areas. Since the launch of SBM(G), there …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Nirmal Gram Status to Villages, 17/12/2015. Number of Gram panchayats awarded Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) during each of the last three years is at Annexure-1. Under the new Swach Bharat Mission (Gramin) launched on 2nd October, 2014, Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP) has been closed. …
The government could achieve just above half of its pledged target on construction of individual household toilets under the total sanitation campaign in the past five years, according to the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) of India. Despite the priority accorded to sanitation programmes by central government through successive five year …
JAIPUR: The Urban Development and Housing (UDH) department will organise a Special Swachhta Campaign and No Polythene fortnight from December 1 to December 15 under the Swachh Bharat Mission. Under the campaign, the local bodies will nominate the Swachch Doot across the state. The names of Swachh Doot will also …
The app has gained in popularity with about 60,000 downloads Technical glitches like 5,000 complaints getting registered under the same phone number, and low redressal rates have dogged the Swachh Delhi app in the first week after it was launched. The Delhi Government and municipal corporations had come together to …
Centre Allocates Rs 96.5 Crore To Kejriwal Govt For First Phase Of Swachh Delhi Abhiyan Keeping their differences aside, the BJP-ruled Centre and municipal corporations and the AAP-led Delhi government came together for the first time on Sunday with the joint initiative of cleaning up the capital. Launching the Swachh …
Even after several campaigns launched by the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA), the city presents a “dirty look” as failure of the municipal bodies and poor civic sense among residents has turned the winter capital of J&K; into a huge garbage dump. The hype and …
To fast track the construction of toilets under the Swachh Bharat Mission, the Coimbatore Corporation plans to tap Corporate Social Responsibility funds from corporate companies. According to sources, the Corporation has sent out invites to 60 companies for a meeting on Wednesday to see if they could play a role …
The Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has been working on the solid waste management quite hard ever since the city slipped in its ranking from top to 21in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The UT’s solid waste management and urban mobility is likely to get the touch of Copenhagen. Bhawna Garg, commissioner, municipal …
To ensure cleaner urban areas, the Haryana government has sanctioned construction of Individual Household Latrine (IHL) for 32,115 eligible beneficiaries under the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’. The State Government is contributing Rs 10,000 per IHL and the Centre is providing Rs 4,000, an official release said here. A sum of Rs …
Bijnor: At a time when the Narendra Modi government at the Centre is pitching for cleanliness under the Swachh Bharat mission, the Bijnor city administration is neglecting garbage management under its jurisdiction. Though the civic body collects 25 metric tonnes of garbage a day, it has no landfill site to …
The survey is the first such since Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Swachh Bharat Mission The Centre will conduct a survey of 75 cities in the country, especially those with a population over 10 lakh, to ascertain the sanitation scenario and subsequently rate them. The survey, commissioned by the Urban …
Sub-Group of Chief Ministers on Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan recommends Swachh Bharat cess on petrol, diesel and telecom services in this report submitted to the Prime Minister. The group includes Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri Manohar Lal, and the Chief Minister of …
The State Government has set a target to convert at least one block in each district and 1,040 gram panchayats as open defecation-free under Swachh Bharat Mission during the current fiscal. The State is lagging far behind in its target of toilet construction in individual households. As against a target …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), which was asked to act against industrial units polluting the Ganga by the Supreme Court, today unveiled its stage-wise plan to restore the river to its pristine glory. The green panel said it intended to take the issue of the rejuvenation of the Ganga stage-wise …
To submit report on Swachh Bharat mission to PM in 10 days The Niti Ayog’s Chief Ministers sub-group of Swachh Bharat Mission has focussed its attention on efficient management of solid and liquid wastes that were posing a major health hazard to people. The sub-group which met under the chairmanship …
In the run-up to one year of the Swachh Bharat initiative, the government is planning to grade railway stations, airports, shipyards, hospitals, schools, colleges and tourist destinations based on the degree of sanitation. Such a ranking would motivate higher levels of sanitation in the country, according to a statement by …
