swachha bharat

IAS officer Indrajeet Singh transformed Lucknow’s waste management, turning toxic legacy dumps into a net-zero waste city. With reforms, citizen participation, and waste-to-wealth projects, Lucknow rose from 44th to 3rd in Swachh Survekshan rankings.

Newly-wed young Priyanka Bharti brought about a social revolution by standing up to her husband’s family when they asked her to defecate in the open. And with this, she started a movement to ensure proper sanitation facilities for women in her village and nearby villages.