Garbage Free Cities

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the government is making efforts to free thousands of acres of land in the country's urban areas from piles of garbage, which was being dumped there for decades, and convert these places into green zones

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the results of garbage-free star rating.

As a part of Banega Swachh India campaign, Garbage Free India along with other stake holders are creating awareness among people in Kolkata on proper waste management. This one month long awareness drive, that is set to end before Durga Puja, will target the shoppers who will head to malls before Bengal's biggest festival.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present a "big gift" to Delhiites by inaugurating several highways in the next six months, to free the city from traffic jams and pollution, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.

Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken today urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP state president Manoj Tiwari to rise above politics to make the city landfill free and pitched for localised treatment of garbage.

The Yogendra Yadav-led Swaraj India on Sunday unveiled its vision document for the Delhi municipal polls, promising governance with zero-tolerance for corruption and a garbage-free and epidemic-free city.

It has been done in the past. It will probably be done in the future. But an ongoing citizens' initiative to keep Kolkata clean is drawing huge support and may just turn out to be long distance runner. The initiative is called Garbage Free India. Kolkata is a pilot project. The best part is, those who have left Kolkata are chipping in.

India's largest dumping ground, Deonar, in the heart of Mumbai's eastern suburbs spread across 132 hectares. Every day, it receives close to 4,000 tonnes of garbage that cloaks a Rs 2,600-crore scam.The mountains of garbage at the site are worth crores of rupees if turned into compost and sold. And most companies take this raw material free. Yet, t...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the government is making efforts to free thousands of acres of land in the country's urban areas from piles of garbage, which was being dumped there for decades, and convert these places into green zones

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the results of garbage-free star rating.

As a part of Banega Swachh India campaign, Garbage Free India along with other stake holders are creating awareness among people in Kolkata on proper waste management. This one month long awareness drive, that is set to end before Durga Puja, will target the shoppers who will head to malls before Bengal's biggest festival.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will present a "big gift" to Delhiites by inaugurating several highways in the next six months, to free the city from traffic jams and pollution, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday.

Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken today urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP state president Manoj Tiwari to rise above politics to make the city landfill free and pitched for localised treatment of garbage.

The Yogendra Yadav-led Swaraj India on Sunday unveiled its vision document for the Delhi municipal polls, promising governance with zero-tolerance for corruption and a garbage-free and epidemic-free city.

It has been done in the past. It will probably be done in the future. But an ongoing citizens' initiative to keep Kolkata clean is drawing huge support and may just turn out to be long distance runner. The initiative is called Garbage Free India. Kolkata is a pilot project. The best part is, those who have left Kolkata are chipping in.

India's largest dumping ground, Deonar, in the heart of Mumbai's eastern suburbs spread across 132 hectares. Every day, it receives close to 4,000 tonnes of garbage that cloaks a Rs 2,600-crore scam.The mountains of garbage at the site are worth crores of rupees if turned into compost and sold. And most companies take this raw material free. Yet, t...