BMC is getting ready to take action against anyone found dumping garbage on roadsides from March 1.From next month, it will impose fines of up to Rs 5,000 on anyone found dumping waste anywhere apart from the designated areas. All households, shops, vending…
Union urban development ministry has adjudged bhubaneswar as one of the cleanest cities in the country.The honour,to be made official by Union urban development minister Venkaiah Naidu at an event in New Delhi on Monday, comes after Bhubaneswar topping the list in…
Bhubaneswar citizens should get ready to pay for waste collection from houses in the city by the first week of January.Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has decided to collect user fees for the sanitation services. All households, including those in the slums, will…
These women from Self Help Groups in Orissa have solved the problem of open defecation in a very interesting way. They not only started patrolling the streets but also planted the holy “Tulsi” plant to stop people from defecating in…
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A 16-year-old AIPMT aspirant in Kota bagged the ‘OLX Ideathon -2015’ award, constituted under the Swachh Bharat Mission, for his eco-friendly idea of converting vegetable waste into manure. Jeswant Gembali, a native of Jeypore town in Odisha received the award…
Times of India Writes Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has expedited the process of collecting user fee from citizens for littering public places and roads. Each ward has a ward officer, who will go on inspection of the area under his/her…
BMC has just gone hi-tech in its efforts to clean up the city. Those needing BMC’s help to clean up the neighbourhood, can now just post the pictures of the garbage on an app, ‘My City My Pride’. After formation…
Five panchayats in Gajapati district of Odisha overcame all hurdles to get finally declared Open Defecation Free (ODF). Now, the aim is to make all 119 panchayats in the district ODF by 2016. Read how the administrators, volunteers and villagers themselves…
To improve personal hygiene among adolescent girls, Sulabh International, working on sanitation, has decided to set up a sanitary napkin factory in Odisha. Only 30% adolescent girls in urban areas and less than 1% in the rural belt use…