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Issues impacting daily life in cities, how the local government addresses them, citizen engagement and problem solving.

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Swachh rankings: Why Alappuzha with its award winning system is in the bottom 100

June 20, 2017 Navya P K

The Alappuzha model of waste management was presented as a zero-waste model at the Paris Climate Conference in 2015. Yet the city stands at a dismal rank of 380 in the recent clean city rankings. Navya P K finds out why.

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Why India’s clean city rankings need a serious rethink!

June 16, 2017 Navya P K

The top ranked cities in the Swachh Survekshan 2017 undertaken by the MoUD do not segregate, process or dispose of their waste scientifically. In the first part of an in-depth study, Navya P K finds that the survey criteria are in conflict with the government’s own SWM policy!

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If this is who we are, Swachh Bharat can only be a dream!

February 22, 2017 Sudha Narasimhachar

A journey to the heart of India and back leaves the writer distraught over the lack of civic awareness among educated, urban citizens and the implications for our much vaunted Clean India Mission.

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