Whether inspired by PM Modi’s ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ or Akshay Kumar’s movie – Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, this 7-year-old girl from Tail Nadu is adamant on having a toilet in home. The girl filed a complaint against her father accusing him of ‘cheating’. The girl told the cops that she[Read More…]
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Mahatma Gandhi guiding light to eradicate poverty: President Kovind
New Delhi: In his message on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said Mahatma Gandhi will be the guiding light in India’s pursuit to eradicate poverty and achieve rapid social and economic progress. He said it would be “only befitting” to celebrate this year’s Jayanti[Read More…]
What is Bandicoot? Why is government shying away from undertaking the mechanism?
Technologies have done wonders in human lives. The machines have eased the difficult jobs for humans across the world. Recently, an Indian start-up called Genrobotics has come-up with the world’s first manhole-cleaning robot called Bandicoot. Not just Bandicoot, other robotic machines like Sewer Croc, and 14 other machines are in[Read More…]
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan could do nothing to bring end to already banned manual scavenging
It is a shame on the government that has literally done nothing for the sewage workers despite spending a huge fund under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The Supreme Court has ordered the abolition of manual scavenging, yet the practice of cleaning the sewage with help of human being continues. As a[Read More…]
Aligarh: Admin plans ‘toilet puja’, sparks controversy among Hindu groups
City’s administration announced to perform puja of toilets built under Swachh Bharat Mission on the first day of Navratri on October 10. However, the move has sparked a controversy among members of Hindu Mahasabha as they claim it hurts the Hindu sentiments. Appealing to the district authorities, members of Hindu[Read More…]
Opinionated women not easily accepted in our country: Jwala Gutta
She remembers the time when some of her seniors gave statements that she can’t play badminton but that made Jwala Gutta more determined and she went on to win both Junior and Senior Nationals in the same year. The former Badminton player Jwala Gutta says that she always spoke her[Read More…]
Modi: Contribution of women in Swachh Bharat Mission immense
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the contribution of India’s ‘Nari Shakti’ (women power) in the Swachh Bharat Mission was immense. “The contribution of India’s Nari Shakti (women power) in the Swachh Bharat (clean India) Mission is immense,” Modi said while launching the ‘Swachhata[Read More…]
Disposing, reusing and creating jobs from e-waste now easy: Scientist Veena Sahajwalla
Managing loads and piles of dumped phones, laptops, printers and various other gadgets is a massive modern-day challenge that every city and country is dealing with. Amid the struggle has appeared an India-born Australian Veena Sahajwalla, who has come up with solutions to effectively dispose or reuse the electronic waste.[Read More…]
CM Yogi asks UP Mayor to become proactive under Swachh Bharat Mission
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday, July 2, addressed gathering in Lucknow, asking the Mayor and Chairperson of the city to inspect the city twice a day in order to attain the goals of Swachh Bharat Mission. CM Yogi instructed the MPs, Mayors and District Magistrates of the[Read More…]
Amitabh Bachchan gifts tractor, excavator for cleaning beach
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has gifted environmentalist Afroz Shah an excavator and a tractor for cleaning up Versova beach. Amitabh, who is a supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, on Thursday shared a series of photographs from the beach. “The joy of gifting for a cause as noble[Read More…]
Swachh survey: Indore is India’s cleanest city
Swachh Survekshan, 2017, a huge survey, rating the cleanliness efforts put in by the municipalities in 500 Indian cities has released a list on Thursday. According to the list, Indore and Bhopal were among the top two spots of India’s cleanest cities. Also, the ‘Swachh Survekshan-2017’ ranked Gonda in Uttar Pradesh as[Read More…]
No spitting inside engineering campuses, says AICTE
In an attempt to make India and Indian educational campuses clean, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) directed engineering colleges to restrict students from spitting within the campus. On Friday, the AICTE said although government’s Swachh Bharat campaign has received enormous support from all technical institutions, but spitting[Read More…]