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 Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:14 am Post subject: 'If there is a Nobel prize for filth, India will win it' |
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TIMES OF INDIA
If there is a Nobel prize for filth, India will win it: Jairam Ramesh
PTI
20 November 2009
NEW DELHI: Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh, known for making forthright comments, today said if there was any Nobel Prize for dirt and filth, India would get it.
"Our cities are dirtiest cities of the world. If there is a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India will win it, no doubt," he said at a function to release a report of TERI.
Ramesh lamented the poor facilities for disposing municipal waste in majority of the cities in the country.
The ministers' comments assume significance as the TERI report on 'Green Indian 2047' says that waste management is not given priority in local bodies.
There is poor compliance with the solid waste management rules. |
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Atleast he is one of the ministers who speaks the truth!
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| Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe India should start a clean the city campaign & get people from the celebrity world to lead....Many will listen......Things could improve.
The Intelligent will obviously listen.
A start has to be made & the pressure sustained.
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The report, prepared by The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi, cited Indias poor record of solid waste management in cities, inadequate resources for handling urban waste, and poor air quality.
An international business magazine had listed Mumbai as the seventh and Delhi as the 24th among the 25 dirtiest cities in the world.
Baku in Azerbaijan had taken the first prize and Dhaka the second.
Calcutta had been named the second densest in an earlier survey but somehow escaped the dirty list. |
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| That is surprising that Mumbai and Delhi are on the 25 dirtiest cities list but not Kolkata. I am not trying to bash Kolkata, but I have been to Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata many times and based on comparisons, IMO Kolkata is dirtier than either Mumbai or Delhi. |
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| I'm still waiting for someone to propose some concrete measures to keep our cities clean without resorting to rhetoric about the Indian "mentality" etc.. |
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They can learn from the city of Surat. From the filthiest city [remember the plague started there] to the 3rd cleanest city in the country. And how did this transformation take place - everybody without exception actively participated in cleaning up the city. Now they have fully computerised water, drainage system and what not. It can also be used an example of what Our Nation is capable of IF everyone works together.
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| Which are the 1st and 2nd cleanest cities in India ? |
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| iah87 wrote: | | Which are the 1st and 2nd cleanest cities in India ? |
Its Chandigarh and Gandhinagar - one of them is 1st - i forgot which is which.
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| iflytb20 wrote: | | iah87 wrote: | | Which are the 1st and 2nd cleanest cities in India ? |
Its Chandigarh and Gandhinagar - one of them is 1st - i forgot which is which. |
Never been to Chandigarh, so I can't comment. But I wouldn't call Gandhinagar the cleanest from any angle. The least dirty, maybe. But clean... no way!
None of our cities are clean; squalor being a national speciality.
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But somehow we manage to keep out homes all shiny and clean!
Worse than littering is people spitting and at times, the spit grazes the "spitter", and they wipe it off and continue to walk as if it is perfectly normal.
Ban the paan! |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| What is the metric for measuring cleanliness? How do we state that one city is more clean than another? |
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| flightgearpilot wrote: | | What is the metric for measuring cleanliness? How do we state that one city is more clean than another? |
Maybe flies per square inch 
This might give you an idea. Though this is for US [i think], but im sure the Indian official have something similar.
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I have been to Chandigarh and it is one of the cleanest cities in India. But Gandhinagar is a suburb of Ahmedabad, I dont know if it qualifies as an independent city.
There are many suburbs of BOM, DEL and BLR which are sparkling clean. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| iah87 wrote: | But Gandhinagar is a suburb of Ahmedabad, I dont know if it qualifies as an independent city.
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Gandhinagar is the Capital of Gujrat and is not counted as a suburb of Ahmedabad as such.
| Quote: | | Gandhinagar has an average elevation of 81 metres (265 feet). The city sits on the banks of the River Sabarmati, in north-central-East Gujarat. The 20,543 kmē Area Around Gandhinagar is defined by Gujarat capital Territory.It spans an area of 205 kmē (79.15 square miles). |
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| iflytb20 wrote: | | Gandhinagar is the Capital of Gujrat and is not counted as a suburb of Ahmedabad as such. |
Gandhinagar is a separate city, but typically considered to be an extension of Ahmedabad. However, it is the capital of Gujarat. And it's filthy, Maybe less filthy than Varanasi, but filthy nonetheless. Just like every single one of our cities.
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| jasepl wrote: | | Just like every single one of our cities. |
Sad but true 
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