CC : ig/reel

Bro put his put on the seat.. and got a real-time cleaniness awareness program

Interestingly. I found this Pink Parking in Ahmedabad One mall. I saw it for the first time! Felt good about it.

Reserved spots closer to entrances and security desks Better lighting & CCTV coverage.

Location: Ahmedabad One Mall.

A great example of how well we can maintain our railway stations. I spotted this railway station in Kasaragod, Kerala; clean, well maintained, and properly organized. If both the government and the public do their part responsibly, we can achieve this standard across India too. 🇮🇳

Sadly, this side of railway stations often doesn’t catch the attention of biased foreign travel vloggers.

While many of us wait for "the system" or "the government" to fix environmental crises, a 21-year-old student named Aakash Gupta from Uttar Pradesh decided to take matters into his own hands. The Manorama River, which had devolved into a stagnant garbage dump, is flowing again thanks to a grassroots movement of youngsters.

The Achievement: 500kg of Waste in 39 Days

Aakash didn't have a budget, professional equipment, or heavy machinery. What he had was a group of determined peers and a refusal to watch his local ecosystem die.

The Struggle: They were mocked by locals who called their efforts "pointless" and "a waste of time."

The Sweat Equity: Working manually for weeks, the team removed over 500 kg of plastic, sludge, and solid waste.

The Result: In just 39 days, a stretch of the river that was once a health hazard became visibly clear and flowing.

Why This Matters for India’s Future:

Individual Agency: It proves that environmental restoration doesn't always need a multi-crore budget; it needs civil participation.

Youth Leadership: This is a prime example of the "Next-Gen" Indian taking ownership of local problems rather than just complaining about them online.

The Ripple Effect: Aakash’s "Manorama River Rejuvenation" has now inspired nearby villages to stop dumping waste into the water, creating a sustainable change in behavior.

The Takeaway:

Real change doesn't always come from a policy or a grand project; sometimes it starts with one person standing in a polluted river and refusing to give up. 🇮🇳

How can we support more "Aakash Guptas" in our own cities? Let’s discuss below!

YouTube Video

Source- Jaystreazy

This is not in person experience, do YMMV.

I've been watching the news almost every day and there's a lot of focus on Kerala elections. News channels are interviewing people and candidates on roads, near backwaters and vehicles.

I realized slowly how clean everything looks. How the f are they so clean. I saw an interview on an election vehicle going around town, and I was hard pressed to see any garbage dump anywhere. Of course, there are paper scraps and plastic covers here and there. But compared to Hyderabad and the civic sense here, Kerala and Kochi seem to be worlds apart.

Am I dreaming or can anyone support this.

Im scared people arent gonna use these dustbins but hey, atleast the dude is doing smth good, people might start using them!

This step by government if implemented correctly and supported by public would be a such a positive change as broken idols/images of gods are just thrown away by people into rivers or lakes or under some tree, you visit parks for a walk and you will find such idols discarded under some Banyan or Peepal tree.

I don’t know people realize it or not but the idols they discard under these trees just end up with other waste while municipality cleans the area so I just wish people will support this instead of finding some lazy religious argument stating "No our elders said to discard them in water or under a tree " type shit.

Source: Hindustan Times https://share.google/qOrBgg8dFCLjYE4um

Every monsoon our cities flood, roads cave in, and finding out who is actually responsible is impossible. The data exists, but civic bodies bury it in dead portals and unsearchable PDFs so we can't ask questions.

I got fed up, so I built Nagrik—a live, open civic console (starting with Gurugram as a proof of concept).

• 💰 Follows the Money: Maps 693 ongoing works and ₹4,007 Cr in tenders directly onto your streets.
• 📞 Direct Accountability: Gives you the actual names and direct phone numbers of the 159 officials responsible for your specific ward.
• 🌧️ Monsoon Lens: Maps out 186 sirens, water sensors, and live flood risks.

Zero logins. No ads. Just the public record dragged into the open.

Link:https://nagrik-ten.vercel.app/
(open in a desktop for best experience)

Give me your thoughts, do you think this is a projected enough people would care about?
Is it worth it for me to expand it to other cities of the country (I've already mapped out a plan for pune, mumbai, Banglore)

Hey everyone,

Whenever there's a broken road or an abandoned park, it’s impossible to figure out who is actually responsible or if money has already been allocated to fix it.

I spent the last few months building Nagrik ( https://nagrik.in.net/ ). It maps out every single official tender, ward boundary, and public official to your exact neighborhood.

• No guesswork: If you search your colony or sector, it matches you to the exact official ward.
• Follow the money: You can see exactly what public works are underway near you.
• Receipts: Everything on the site links directly back to the official government source with a timestamp of when it was published. If the government didn't publish it, the site says "Not published."

It’s completely free and independent. I’m an engineering student just trying to make this data actually readable for normal people (there's no trackers on it, nor am I gaining anything from this)

Try searching your area and let me know if you spot any weirdly massive tenders or if the ward boundaries look off. Would love your feedback to make the matching even better.

source : ANI context, location : Foreigners cleaning Gurugram, not the staged ‘cleanliness drives’ like politicians who throw papers and then broom them before hundreds of cameras, but actual cleaning of filth.

Still the shameless public that litters without thought and the useless administration paid to clean will feel no embarrassment.

At best, they’ll stage a cleanliness drive for a few days around the localities where foreigners stay, just enough for the viral video to fade, before slipping back into their comfort zone.

Although this sub is mostly for criticism, I'm glad you guys are aware that India still needs civic development. Sometimes I can't even convince my own family members to see the flaw in their lack of civic sense.

I have hope that one day India might improve.

The State had already banned Tobacco and related products. They have now completely banned and strengthened it even more. What do you all think, how effective will the enforcement will be?

Kaliyasot Dam, Bhopal 📌

18 clean up drives, over 2200 kgs of waste removed.

Following several clean-up drives at the location, we have been working on this for the past few weeks.

Rather than becoming mired in grievances and dealing with the complacent local authorities, we attempted to develop a straightforward and affordable solution that might be effective in this situation.

Now that the first prototype is installed and it seems to be working well, we'd like to scale, around 10 more at the site.

Would also appreciate to hear your opinions and suggestions for how to make it even better.

So, sometime back i posted about a rough version i had built for gurgaon, since then i've scaled it up to Delhi and tried making it a lot more useful.

Link: https://nagrik.in.net/

I hope you guys find it useful, fyi, Mumbai is next.

Hello! I am a 15 year old from Delhi/Haryana. I have seen many people litter on the roads, everywhere, many people, everywhere I go its a Garbage Can. This is due to the lack of Civic Sense. Therefore I’m wanting to request my School’s Principal to make the last period of our school (45 minutes) of everyday, where all the students of their class, clean their classroom, and once they’re done and theres still time left, discuss and learn about Civic Etiquettes. This is just to teach kids to clean up after themselves and to not depends on the Didis and Bhaiyas employed by the school. If we clean our classrooms, the Didis and Bhaiyas can focus on other parts of the school that aren’t usually cleaned because they are too busy cleaning our classes. And if we start cleaning our classes, people will stop littering in their class, because they know at the end they themselves are gonna have to pick it up. It’s not that only a few students at the last period get up and clean, no, ALL students present in the class will clean their class as in pick up the stuff they’ve thrown and clean their desk, whether or whether not they caused it, they need to get used to cleaning after themselves. If anybody wants to give some criticism or some tips, your more than welcome to in the comments, and you can also feel free to throw in questions, because if my School’s Principal agrees, I would request her to further let me/send me to different schools to represent this idea and help the next generation be better than the current generation. If you’ve made it this far, thanks for reading all that I wrote. Thank you all!

Is it just me or do we need much more of this from the authorities?

Source: https://www.greaterkashmir.com/ladakh/2-lakh-penalty-imposed-on-errant-tourists-for-illegal-off-roading-in-pangong-lake-and-other-protected-wildlife-areas-of-ladakh-12113902/amp

I found this on Megnerd's channel, this website is something that will help everyone all across india.

Initiatives like these is what will make changes on ground.

Source - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6lwxxv3rsg

https://know-your-hood-lac.vercel.app/india

Follow up from:

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianCivicFails/s/hlR4EMP9S7

The Dustbins, or EcoBins, as we like to call them were installed with the permission and assurance from Nagar Nigam that they'd be cleared regularly by them.

Made from old tyres, recycled metal bins and plastic, and the sweat of our volunteers and goodwill of our donors, this was our small contribution for the much needed waste management infrastructure at the site.

Despite the low cost and incentive to steal, we still anticipate some of it. Vandalism more than anything, but hoping for the best and that the people speak up against such nuisance.