Mission clean-up gone wrong
The holiday season is over. And along most of Goa’s 105km long coastline, the filthy leftovers of yet another tourist season lie buried in sandy corners or dumped in the…
The holiday season is over. And along most of Goa’s 105km long coastline, the filthy leftovers of yet another tourist season lie buried in sandy corners or dumped in the…
It is not surprising if the prime industrial area of Pune, Hinjewadi, is not connected to the sewer lines. It is not equally astonishing either to learn that Andheri East, a commercial hub of Mumbai, has only septic tanks to store sewage! If this is the case in major metros, at the rural level hardly 20% of the population has access to proper sanitation facility. Over and above, a large section of the population defecates under the sky, which is carried by the nallahs of the cities. The substantial network of the Indian sewer lines and drains were constructed during the colonial era and many others were added post independence. Nevertheless, growing urban populace, overloading of existing sewers and lack of maintenance have impacted the functioning and the very existence of these lines; in many cases the lines are choked or overflowing and in some cases, they have caved in leaving a huge crater on the road. Lack of proper sewer de-choking and preventive maintenance have led to corrosion too.
The recent Sant Gadge Maharaj Cleanliness awards given away by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation recognised the good work done by individuals, institutes, ALMs, CBOs, corporate bodies, co-operative housing societies, schools…
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.
This year, the post Pongala festival clean up drive was a challenging task to Thiruvananthapuram City Corporation. The festival was spread across 22 corporation wards, and the1,000-strong Corporation cleaning team…
The civic body in Ranchi would set up a plant at Bero, some 35km from the city to convert the waste generated from household into compost– a bio-fertiliser. The RMC…
Many domestic and multinational environmental services firms view the environmental market, consisting of water and wastewater, air pollution control and waste management services, as one of the high growth sectors in India
GeneSyst Ecotechnologies India Private Limited is the exclusive and sole License holder in India for the patents of the Gravity Pressure Vessel (known as the Titmas process) by which Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) can be converted into Ethanol and other products.
Two hundred students from more than 20 schools and colleges recently volunteered for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s cleanliness campaign for clean and green city. The students were appointed as Cleanliness Marshals…
Garbage Dreams, which premiered at the South by Southwest film festival in March (Austin, Texas), is a documentary that offers an intimate look at Mokattam, a suburb of Cairo known…