Cleaner Tracks

In a bid to get rid of manual scavenging on railway tracks, bio-toilets have been installed in 50 coaches of various trains. These bio-toilets retain the human waste in the…

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Clean-up Marshals

If everything goes fine, Mumbai will soon have clean-up marshals again. However, this time the contract would be given to women self-help groups in one or two wards. The marshals…

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Meeting Maintenance Standards in Mall Management

Despite the growth in organised retail space in India, the process of managing facilities is still largely evolving – be it a shopping centre, mall or supermarket. Clean India Journal visited three of India’s large and established malls – Ambience Mall-Gurgaon, Mantri Square-Bangalore and Inorbit Mall-Mumbai – to understand the challenges of maintaining malls.

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TOURISM

Having won excellence award for tourism, Siam Niramit not only upholds Thai cultural values but also takes the cleanliness, hygiene and drinking water issues methodically.

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‘Zero Garbage Week’

To instil civic sense in Mumbaikars, MCGM as part of its pre-monsoon drive, observed ‘Zero Garbage Week’ from May 2-8. During the week, the corporation issued notice to private property…

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Workplace Washroom Woes

Tork of SCA Tissue Europe, UK, has in its report highlighted the general perceptions of washrooms at work. A study polled around 2,500 people in the UK, France, Germany, Sweden…

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Sustainable Conversion of MSW

JITF Aquasource, the water management wing of the Jindal Group, has implemented a number of water and waste projects for municipal corporations and industries throughout the country. Allard M Nooy, CEO of JITF Water Infrastructure Ltd-JITF Aquasource, speaks to Clean India Journal about the waste-to-energy plant coming up at Timarpur-Okhla, New Delhi.

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Marble Stone Crystallization

Marble Stone Crystallization Stone floors offer something no other flooring can: history. Architects and designers have been using natural stone for most of their important works. In countries around the…

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Interview with: Mayor AK Premajam, Thiruvananthapuram on a – Cleaning mode

Encouraged by the successful experiments by the Kozhikode Municipal Corporation in installing modern e-toilets for women, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation has begun to procure these toilets for the city. Biju K, Municipal Secretary, Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation, shares with CIJ the major cleanliness and hygiene initiatives he has taken since he took over charge four months back.

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