Swachh Bharat

Once hit by a deadly plague, Surat is now India’s cleanest city. With smart tech, community effort, and a Rs 500 crore waste economy, it shows how cleanliness can become a habit.

‘Waste Is Gold’, a waste management company, has arrived at a unique technological solution to address the waste management concern. This technology turns waste into nutrient-rich compost in just 8 hours

Once called ‘Gobar Basti’, Silluk village in Arunachal cleaned up its act through a youth-led movement. Today, it's featured in the CBSE Class 3 EVS textbook.

Nilesh Nagra from Indore has beautified 48 railway stations, covering a total of 7 lakh square feet.

Check this out - you cannot enter this Sikkim village with a disposable plastic bottle. You may choose to drink the water and dump the bottle in a bin, or transfer water into one of the reusable water bottles available at almost every shop!

“In India, we have this notion that cleaning is the job of a particular person. This impression must go,” said Ajay Shankar Pandey, Ghaziabad DM. #IAS #Inspiration

“My mother was concerned about what society would say if I started cleaning the streets. But my father issued his complete support”, says 25-year-old Tejaswi Podapati who didn’t let resistance from family, fellow citizens and even the bureaucracy stop her from doing what she believed in.

Puneet Sharma’s dedicated efforts to make his city clean and green is a proof of how citizens have the power to make a huge difference

“It took him two days to dig the pits, and afterwards he fell ill. Now, we have decided to complete the construction within a week."

It was not just the construction of these toilets that made him a hero but his patience and perseverance in persuading the villagers, who seemed to be against it.