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Thanks to this initiative, over four tonnes of waste are diverted from landfills every single day. Other railway stations in India would do well to learn from this example!

“Cleanliness is not rocket science. All it requires is the coming together of various civic bodies and the citizens,” states Dinesh.

Looking back at the beginning of SADS, she says, “I started the organisation in 2015 when I was still employed with Accenture. I would go for pick-ups in the morning before heading to work, and with each pick and drop, my belief in wanting to start this organisation formally just kept getting stronger.”

"I always believe that society is my extended family and I think this donation is not a charity but my responsibility towards the society."

"Didi, please do mention everyone’s name. This is not just something that I am doing. We have managed to do such good work over the last one year because of each member's contribution.”

Bengaluru generates 4,000 tonnes of waste every day. Don't let your shampoo bottles and milk covers add to that. Give them a new life!

"Now they are afraid of us" — find out how women in rural Assam are holding their men accountable.

Sovni isn’t the only girl in the village whose family had a resistant mindset towards education for girls. For the longest time, villagers felt that educating a girl would have no long-term benefit for her family.

"If women have the power to choose, they can nip unsafe migration in the bud and consequently human trafficking," says Hasina Kharbhih, founder of Impulse NGO Network.

As the country gears up for its annual festival of voluntary giving, DaanUtsav, a Mumbai non-profit is prepping to host what could arguably be India’s biggest Plastic Recyclothon.