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CSR FOR SANITATION
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Social responsibility by big businesses cannot be mandated by law but it should also not be totally left to whimsical definitions.
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When Warren Buffet visited India a few months ago, not only the media but also the entire corporate world fawned over him like a movie star. The same happened when Bill Gates came a-visiting. While Buffet was frank in his approach towards emphasising on the need to invest more in social work in India, Gates remained more focused and subdued. Gates’ foundation was focused on toilets and sanitation, and his celebrity presenc..
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To Pee Or Not To Pee
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Despite the fact that there isn’t a single separate toilet for women despite several demands for better toilet facilities for women in the city, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided that women will not be charged for using public toilets. According to the BMC’s solid waste management depa...
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KSWDC gets honoured for ‘She toilets’
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At the WB Honours 2012, an event organized by Gnosis Services Pvt Ltd which also celebrated its second anniversary of its first publication, Washrooms and Beyond, the Honour for the “Development of Model Public Washrooms by State Government” category was presented to Kerala State Women’s Developmen...
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Kolkata may soon get two-storey public toilets
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The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has plans to build the country’s first two-storey public toilets keeping in mind the space crunch that the city faces. The city will get 170 such toilets, which will cost Rs 18 lakh each, of which Rs 17 lakh will come from the Central government. The ground floors will be r...
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A smart move by the Delhi Municipal Corporation
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According to a plan formulated by the South Corporation, around 100 sanitation inspectors and supervisors will be clicking pictures of garbage bins and dumps under their jurisdiction at fixed intervals using their mobile camera to give photographic evidence of whether the garbage has been cleared or not. The pictures w...
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