The Cleanest Cities Of India | Ep-1 | How Indore became the cleanest city in India?

Executive Producer: Arnab Pratim Dutta
Managing Producer: Joel Michael
Camera & Editing: Joel Michael, Adithyan PC, Midhun Vijayan & Aishwarya Iyer
Voice Over: Aishwarya Iyer, Tushita Rawat
Motion Graphics: Sunny Gautam
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Indore, an education hub and the commercial capital of the state of Madhya Pradesh, is situated
in the Malwa Plateau. It generates about 1029 tonne of waste daily (392.4 g per person per day). The city, which was already famous for its food and its bangles, has now also earned the 5-star garbage-free city. Indore has also been ranked the cleanest city of India in Swacch Survekshan Surveys since 2017. The city is not only Open Defecation Free but has also earned the first Water Plus Certification in the country.
How did Indore turn so clean. Since 2015, the city has brought about systematic changes in the way it disposes garbage. Segregation of waste followed by door to door collection is practiced throughout the city. There are zero waste wards in the city, where its residents practice, home composting and treat most of the wet waste in-situ. Most to dry waste is sent to a material recovery facility where it is segregated and sent for recycling. The wet waste which is not treated on site goes to a central composting facility. Part of the wet waste is also turned into BIO-CNG which is used to run public transport.