The second and third positions in the 'cleanest city' category of the 'Swachh Survekshan Awards, 2021' were secured by Surat and Vijayawada, respectively.
A financial outlay of Rs 1,41,600 cr has been finalized for SBM-U 2.0, including central share of Rs 36,465 for period 2021-22 to 2025-26 which is over 2.5 times the financial outlay of Rs 62,009 cr in last phase of the Mission, the statement added.
All urban local bodies have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) and 70% solid waste is being scientifically processed now.
The SDMC on Thursday declared Swachh ranking for hotels falling under its jurisdiction with the objective of inculcating a spirit of healthy competition among them to become Delhi's cleanest hotel.
More than 2.5 lakh users are already searching for public toilets every month across Google Search and Google Maps.
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday unveiled the 'Darwaza Band -Part 2' campaign films, which focus on sustaining the open defecation free (ODF) status of villages across the country.
More than 12,000 public toilets have been built in Delhi since 2015.
The tribunal has also appointed three committees to monitor disposal of garbage in an eco-friendly manner across the country.
So many countries coming together for a cleanliness campaign is an unheard of event. I pay tribute to Bapu on everyone's behalf: PM Modi at the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention.
In a statement, the GoI said "now is a critical time to replace the lens of those glasses (Gandhi's glasses in the Swachh Bharat hoardings) with the human rights lens."
Yogi Adityanath on Thursday swept the road outside the Taj Mahal and then went inside the Mughal era monument in a damage control exercise following the controversy over its place in Indian heritage.
The Uttar Pradesh government today said it had elbowed out other states in the construction of toilets, with over 3.52 lakh units being built over 17 days
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Swachh Bharat campaign launched by him three years ago has today become a "mass movement"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid respects to Mahatma Gandhi on his 148th birth anniversary on October 2 at Rajghat.
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