Surat

Meet Meena Mehta from Surat who, along with her husband Atul, is making an extraordinary difference to the personal hygiene and health of underprivileged girls in the city. They distribute hygiene kits and sanitary napkins to girls in their neighbourhood and in schools. This is how they go about it.

These youngsters created beautiful art on various social themes.

The Quality Council of India surveyed cities with a population of over 10 lakh to check how clean or dirty they were.

Union Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu said the cities were selected based on the feasibility of proposals, performance indicators, and so on.

Jeram Thesia, a 65-year-old diamond trader from Surat, has only one dream – to see the development of his native village, Ingorala, located in Thesia district of Gujarat. He is spending Rs. 15 crore from his own pocket to deepen and widen a 10 km stretch of Thebi River, which will become a lifeline for several farmers who have been suffering because of the lack of water in the region.

Savji bhai Dholakia, a diamond merchant in Surat, has shown the way on how to reward and incentivise employees by offering them a choice between owning a car, jewelry or an apartment as Diwali bonus this year! Read about the visionary here.

Following her father's footsteps, Beena Rao started organizing free coaching classes for slum children in Surat, Gujarat. She has benefited over 5,000 students so far, working with 34 volunteers across the city and giving a holistic education experience to these children. And all of this is free of cost for the children! Read her story of how she brought the change,