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NEW DELHI: Despite the Centre’s focus on augmenting urban infrastructure and planned urbanisation, the housing and urban affairs ministry is set to end up with non-utilisation of around 40% of the Rs 96,777 crore the budget had allocated for the current financial year, which ends in March. The total expenditure for FY 25-26 is estimated…
NEW DELHI: To give people access to modern, tech-enabled public restrooms at tourist destinations, religious sites and places with heavy footfall, the govt on Wednesday announced the construction of 29,000 “aspirational toilets” across 3,920 municipal areas in 36 states and UTs.Madhya Pradesh will have the highest number of such toilets (5,131) followed by Maharashtra (4,385)…
NEW DELHI: Learning from the success of the Swachh Bharat Mission, the biggest ever behaviour change campaign, ministries and central departments have been asked to consider launching a campaign to improve civic sense and public behaviour. The goal is to instil a sense of ownership among people regarding public assets, transport infrastructure and public spaces.Sources…
NEW DELHI: In an initiative aimed at helping around 200 cities effectively manage and process their municipal solid waste, govt on Saturday launched ‘Swachh Shehar Jodi’ (SSJ) programme. The initiative officially pairs mentor cities with mentee cities, allowing the latter to directly learn from and replicate best practices of well-performing cities.Rolling out the first such…
