Hygiene

Fast Food Joints – The mechanics of food safety, hygiene and cleanliness

It’s quite disheartening that in India, the general perception on standards, in terms of food security, management and cleanliness, is much lower than in the First World nations. Johnson Thomas, Clean India Journal’s special correspondent, set out to explore the varying standards of hygiene and cleanliness in a few food chain outlets. The financial capital of the country, Mumbai, expected to have the best standards, seemed like an ideal place to carry out the investigation.

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No loo, no marriage

What is the connection between toilets and weddings? Yes, there is in rural Haryana, where the villagers will give daughters in marriages only to men who have loos at their…

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Loo for loans!

In an extreme form of cleanliness and hygiene enforcement, Chandrakant Dalvi, Collector of Pune, has issued an order which states that people who do not have a toilet in their…

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Toons Teach

A non-profit organisation, Sesame Workshop India (SWI), conducted Mobile Community Viewing Initiative (MCV) in the slum areas of Belgachhia, Rajabazar, Tangra, Topsia, and Ekbalpore in Kolkata for changing the views…

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