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EDITORIAL

he Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has been friendly practices. Many of the Indian railway
implementing an ambitious agenda in the last stations, metro stations and bus stations too are
Tfive years: Along with economic reforms the transforming themselves to offer clean and healthy
government has built roads and created a high-profile environment.
nation-wide cleanliness drive. People who voted for With this emphasis on offering better customer
him have a long list of his achievements. Figuring experience, the FM industry sure is on the growth
definitely in the list is his mandate for a clean India. path in India as it is elsewhere in the world. We can
Getting toilets built across the nation is one thing; see emerging trends like IoT and Data analytics,
what has also been felt is the increase in awareness AI to shape workplaces, new models of integrated
among the facility owners and sectors like hospitality, services and coworking.
healthcare & other areas like airports, transit stations,
etc., to keep up high standards of maintenance. Set by the United Nations Environment
Programme, the theme for this year’s World
Today, India has airports equal or better than many Environment Day – June 5 – has been air pollution.
of the international airports. The word ‘sustainability’ India is growing more toxic with each passing year,
is the core element around which these operate. Clean more precisely, with each passing day. So, each day
India Journal brings in an account of the maintenance should be seen as an anti-air pollution day till we find
practices at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, some sort of an answer.
Hyderabad, which has a holistic approach to
sustainability covering right from cleaning standards
to energy efficiency, water & waste management
and being carbon neutral. Recently, the Mumbai
International Airport bagged a top award from the Mangala Chandran
Airport Council International for its environment editor@virtualinfo.in

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