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Swachh Survekshan: After Mahakumbh work, Praygaraj civic authorities hope for better ranking

Efforts have begun to undertake a major sanitation and cleanliness exercise across the city, civic officials said

Sanitation workers picking up waste from a collection centre in Prayagraj on Thursday (HT Photo)
Published on Mar 20, 2025 09:03 PM IST
By, Prayagraj

PMC to spend 2 crore for beautification of four lakes

he PMC’s Standing Committee approved the tenders for the project on Friday, which includes tree plantations, concrete pathways, garbage disposal, and jogging tracks

Additionally, PMC aims to curb pollution and improve water quality in these lakes. (HT PHOTO)
Published on Mar 02, 2025 06:28 AM IST

E-Toilets in Pune face theft, PMC plans relocation 

The e-toilets were constructed through the MP development fund of Anil Shirole at a cost of ₹2 crore.

Unmanned sanitation and automated systems are the unique features of the toilets. (HT)
Published on Feb 24, 2025 06:34 AM IST

PMC to float tender to set up animal waste processing plant

PMC has floated tender to set up an animal waste processing plant though the plan was earlier stopped due to strong opposition from residents

PMC has floated tender to set up an animal waste processing plant though the plan was earlier stopped due to strong opposition from residents. (HT FILE)
Updated on Dec 23, 2024 08:42 AM IST

Clean city goals call for roping in the private sector

How do we prevent the North from swimming in its own garbage? Perhaps the only viable and workable solution is to look at a public-private partnership model

Garbage dumped on the streets at Chandni Chowk in New Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
Published on Nov 18, 2024 06:25 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi completes 23 years in office: His achievements so far

As chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014, Modi pioneered a governance model centered on economic growth and social welfare programmes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tries his hands at drums at the Samadhi of Sant Seva Lal Ji Maharaj, in Washim. (ANI Photo)
Updated on Oct 07, 2024 12:34 PM IST

Swachh Bharat campaign to focus on comprehensive sanitation, waste management

Swachh Bharat campaign to focus on comprehensive sanitation, waste management

Swachh Bharat campaign to focus on comprehensive sanitation, waste management
Published on Oct 06, 2024 12:18 PM IST
PTI |

Centre to award a new city every year for cleanliness: Urban minister

The consistent top-performing cities such as Indore, which achieved the top ranking for seven years straight, will compete in a smaller elite category of ‘golden city club

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar addresses a press conference in Delhi on Friday. (ANI)
Updated on Sep 13, 2024 09:37 PM IST

Not just Shah Rukh Khan, but these stars also won hearts when they picked litter

Shah Rukh Khan’s video cleaning the stands after a KKR match at IPL 2024 has gone viral. Here’s a look at other celebs who won hearts when they picked litter

Celebrities working towards a cleaner India
Updated on Apr 17, 2024 08:30 AM IST
ByMahima Pandey

What is the ‘75-day challenge’ of Ankit Baiyanpuria that PM Modi discussed?

Ankit Baiyanpuria got new fame when he launched the demanding 75 ‘Hard Challenge’ on Instagram to enhance his mental fortitude and self-discipline.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with wrestler Ankit Baiyanpuriya participates in a special cleanliness programme under 'Swachchta hi Seva' campaign ahead of Gandhi Jayanti, in New Delhi, Sunday. (PTI)
Published on Oct 01, 2023 06:54 PM IST

Fitness influencer Ankit Baiyanpuria joins PM Modi in'Swachhata Hi Seva' drive

Ankit Baiyanpuria got new fame when he launched the demanding 75 ‘Hard Challenge’ on Instagram to enhance his mental fortitude and self-discipline.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ankit Baiyanpuria, a fitness influencer, take part in the 'Shramdaan for cleanliness' programme.
Updated on Oct 01, 2023 01:19 PM IST

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli's ‘Swachhata Hi Sewa’ message ahead of Gandhi Jayanti

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: In a video message, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan and Shardul Thakur urged people to participate in the drive.

Team India captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in a cleanliness drive video message.
Updated on Oct 01, 2023 10:20 AM IST

Making sanitation everybody’s business

Swachhata Hi Seva is a call to citizens to actively engage in shramdaan through voluntary activities aimed at fostering a sense of shared responsibility

At the heart of the campaign is an unwavering emphasis on visual cleanliness, extending to the welfare of safai mitras. (HT Archive)
Published on Sep 28, 2023 09:56 PM IST

Building the nation, delivering on promises

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nine years in office have been significant in many ways

PM Modi has taken the country on the path of progress with a leadership style that is not based on inheritance but on merit(HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 19, 2023 12:22 AM IST

As Mann Ki Baat reaches 100, it has sparked mass action across the country

India’s vaccine story owes its success in great measure to Mann ki Baat. That alone is tribute enough to its relevance and significance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is universally acknowledged as an exceptionally gifted communicator who can establish instant rapport with the masses. (ANI)
Updated on Apr 16, 2023 07:54 PM IST
ByAnurag Singh Thakur

SBM: Collective effort for scaling up social change

The article has been authored by Yasumasa Kimura, UNICEF India Representative, a.i.

UNICEF is proud to be an active partner of the SBM over the past seven years.(HT File Photo)
Published on Oct 02, 2022 11:00 AM IST
ByHindustan Times

DRDO Hyderabad observes Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on Gandhi Jayanti

DRDO Chairman Dr. G Satheesh Reddy, MSR Prasad, DG Missiles & Strategic Systems, Lab Directors, Project Directors, Scientists and DRDO staff participated in the event.

DRDO Hyderabad led a cleanliness drive as a part of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ at a government school, Mallapur. (Representational image)(HT file)
Updated on Oct 03, 2019 11:21 AM IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) | ByAsian News International

Indian Embassy in Russia organises Gandhi-Tolstoy exhibition on Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary

The exhibition, curated by renowned Gandhi scholar, Birad Yajnik, will showcase the correspondence between the two great souls of the 20th century, tracing their relationship and the impact it had on their individual journeys.

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar along with Ekaterina Tolstoy, Director of the Tolstoy Museum and Estate, inaugurated an exhibition dedicated to the friendship between Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy.(@IndEmbMoscow/Twitter)
Updated on Oct 02, 2019 11:08 AM IST
Moscow | ByAsian News International

‘Women benefited the most’: PM Modi receives award for Swachh Bharat campaign

While accepting the award, the PM said he shared the honour with crores of Indians who had contributed to the success of the cleanliness mission.

PM Modi received the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Award, September 25, 2019.(Photo: Twitter/@narendramodi)
Updated on Jul 04, 2020 07:31 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Varun Dhawan declares Coolie No 1 sets completely plastic-free, tweets picture. See here

Actor Varun Dhawan has shared a picture from the sets of Coolie No 1, declaring that it will be a completely plastic-free zone. See the picture here.

Varun Dhawan poses with the Coolie No 1 crew.
Updated on Sep 02, 2019 02:44 PM IST
Asian News International | By

Rs 1,500 fine for illegal public display of handbills, posters in Pune’s Kothrud

The Pune Municipal Corporation’s health department has undertaken a drive in Kothrud-Bavdhan against handbills and posters stuck on bus stops, public toilets, as they make these spaces ugly.

PMC has plan to take strict action against small and large business owners who are defaming the city by placing illegal advertisements.(HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 03, 2019 04:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Pune | By

In PM Modi’s water guarantee plan, expect 55 litres/day per person

The water fund will likely be modelled on the lines of a similar one for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the national sanitation scheme, called the Swachh Bharat Kosh.

A man drinks from a water pipe along a highway on a hot summer day near Krishna Nagar metro station in New Delhi.(Biplov Bhuyan/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Aug 29, 2019 02:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | BySaubhadra Chatterji and Zia Haq

16 Mumbai housing societies will donate their compost to farmers

Earlier this month, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had asked societies to voluntarily donate the compost generated after processing their waste to farmers, when it realised that many of the societies were in a fix over how to put the same to use.

A compost plant in a housing society of Thane(Praful Gangurde / HT File Photo used for representative purpose)
Updated on Aug 26, 2019 09:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByMehul R Thakkar

Hema Malini sweeps dirt at Parliament, Twitter in splits

The BJP MPs took part in the cleaning drive as a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan campaign.

The video of Hema Malini cleaning the premises of Parliament soon became viral.(Twitter/@ANI)
Updated on Jul 13, 2019 05:46 PM IST

Under Jal Shakti scheme, Centre to focus on replenishing water bodies

According to a paper released in 2018 by the Niti Ayog, the state-run policy think-tank, India’s ground water in 21 cities is set to plunge to bare-minimum levels by 2020.

On June 22, the Prime Minister wrote letters to all village panchayat heads, urging them to undertake rainwater harvesting and water conservation activities in rural India.(HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 01, 2019 06:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | BySaubhadra Chatterji and Zia Haq

Swachh Bharat toilets in this UP town sport Gandhi, Ashok Chakra tiles

13 toilets with symbols of Mahatma Gandhi and Ashoka Chakra were found in Bulandshahr’s Ichhawari village.

Following the investigation, rural development officer Santosh Kumar was suspended and a notice was served.(ANI Photo)
Updated on Jun 05, 2019 05:06 PM IST
Bulandshahr | ByAsian News International

Life comes to a halt in drought-hit Maharashtra’s Beed

Tens of thousands of Beed residents have no choice but to struggle hard to source the basic necessity – water – as the local municipal corporation has been able to provide it just once in 15 to 20 days.

The shortage of rain has had Beed’s two main sources of water -- Bindusara Dam and the Majalgaon Irrigation Project -- dry or drying.(HT Photo)
Updated on May 31, 2019 09:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Beed | ByShrinivas Deshpande

Chhota Bheem joins PM Modi’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan with mobile app

Making the announcement on Twitter, the Chhota Bheem handle also released an app “Chhota Bheem — Swachh Bharat Run” on Google play store.

The iconic cartoon character was welcomed by the prime minister himself.(Twitter/@iamchhotabheem)
Updated on Jan 27, 2019 11:49 AM IST
New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

World Toilet Day: Why you must wash your hands after going to the bathroom

World Toilet Day 2018: Bathrooms are teeming with bacteria. But do you actually need to wash your hands every time you use the bathroom? Read on for some facts that will change the way you use your toilet forever.

World Toilet Day 2018: Find out what not washing your hands long enough after using the bathroom means for your health. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Nov 19, 2018 06:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | By

Navi Mumbai takes steps to be a model to handle e-waste

NMMC PLANS Swachh Park in Kopar Khairane will create awareness on handling all kinds of waste

A school student puts e-waste in a drum to be reused on International E-Waste Day at Sadhu Vaswani International School Sanpada in Navi Mumbai.(HT Photo)
Updated on Oct 14, 2018 12:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | ByG Mohiuddin Jeddy, Navi Mumbai
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