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<br /> The results of the 'Swachh Survekshan-2017', a survey to determine the cleanest and dirtiest <keyword id="115307" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Indian-cities">Indian cities</keyword> have been announced by Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu. A total of 434 Indian cities were surveyed to get the results.<br />
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While Indore (Madhya Pradesh) stood as the cleanest city in India, Gonda (Uttar Pradesh) was declared the dirtiest.<br />
<br /> Here is the list of <keyword id="3246359" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Cleanest-Cities">cleanest cities</keyword> of the country.<br />
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In pictures, these are the ten cleanest cities in India​

A report by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=cse&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Centre for Science and Environment</a> (CSE) has stated Alappuzha in Kerala, Panaji and Mysuru are the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=cleanest+cities+in+india&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">cleanest cities in India</a>.<br />
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The survey-‘Not in my backyard’-, which is based on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=waste+management&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">solid waste management</a> practises in towns in India, placed Delhi at the "bottom of the heap".<br />
<br /> "Alappuzha, Panaji and Mysuru are three of the <keyword id="3487316" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="cleanest-cities-in-India">cleanest cities in India</keyword>, with municipal waste management systems that actually work. CSE rated Indian cities on their management of solid waste - metros like Delhi feature at the bottom of the heap," a latest rating by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) said.<br />
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"This book started as a survey, we wanted to simply know which city is India's cleanest. We knew that once we found out which is the cleanest, we would also find out what makes it so. This would give us the answers for future policy," said CSE Director General Sunita Narain.<br />
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Noting that the last survey to understand quantity and composition of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=garbage&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">garbage</a> was done over a decade ago, CSE said that the methodology used to calculate waste generated is to simply extrapolate an assumed quantity estimate with the population.<br />
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Referring to the Department of Economic Affairs position paper on solid waste management of 2009, CSE said that urban India was already producing some 80,000 MT of waste a day.<br />
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It projected that by 2047, India would be producing 260 million tonnes of waste annually needing over 1,400 sq km of landfills which is an area equal to Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai put together, CSE said referring to the paper.<br />
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According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) estimates, over 90 per cent of Indian cities with a functional collection system dispose of their waste in landfills, CSE said. <br />

These are the cleanest Indian cities, according to CSE

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>Air pollution is a big problem - it's responsible for an estimated 3.3 million deaths every year.</p><p><span>A tiny pollutant called PM2.5, or particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns across, is considered the most harmful pollutant. It's found </span><span>in soot, smoke, and dust. When it lodges in the lungs, it can cause long-term health problems like asthma and chronic lung disease.</span></p><p>While we typically tend to focus on the places that are the least healthy, here's a list of the most healthy.</p><p>Countries are ranked according to their number of clean cities, <a href="http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs313/en/">using data from the WHO</a>. </p>

Here are the countries with the cleanest cities

<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li><strong>On Monday, President Trump tweeted out a map and said "America: the Cleanest Air in the World - BY FAR!"</strong></li><li><strong>But the map only shows us an estimate of how much very fine <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/air-quality" target="_blank" rel="noopener">particulate pollution is in the air</a>, which can come from gas emissions and exhaust, but also cooking fires, wood burning, and even dust storms.</strong></li><li><strong>It's not a surprise that the US has less of these particles floating around than some developing countries with fewer environmental regulations and more open cookfires, but it doesn't mean the US has the cleanest air.</strong></li></ul><p>On Monday, President Trump tweeted out a map, exclaiming that American air is the best air by far. That's not exactly true.</p><p>The map, grabbed from a World Health Organization <a href="http://www.who.int/airpollution/data/AAP_exposure_Apr2018_final.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report out earlier this year</a>, is an estimate of how much ultra-fine particulate matter (PM) people are breathing in around the world. This kind of particulate matter is only one component of air pollution.</p><p>The map is tracking things like dust and other tiny particles floating around that are smaller than two and a half microns wide (what's sometimes referred to as "PM 2.5" pollution.) These super-fine particles are 30 times skinnier than a strand of human hair. Because they're so small, they can <a href="https://www.health.ny.gov/environmental/indoors/air/pmq_a.htm">easily travel into the lungs</a>&#xa0;- a serious problem for people who already have breathing and heart issues. Heavy exposure over time can lead to reduced lung function and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-air-pollution-does-to-your-body-and-brain-2018-8">even death</a>.</p><p>Common sources of these pollutants include emissions from cars and other vehicles, as well as heating oil, coal, secondhand smoke, chemicals wafting from power plants, smoke from cooking, and even natural sources like forest fires.&#xa0;When the air is hazy, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-air-pollution-does-to-your-body-and-brain-2018-8">breathing it in can have dangerous, long-term</a> effects on the brain.</p><p>Air pollution expert Gabriele Pfister, the deputy director at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Lab, told Business Insider that using the map to point out how crystal-clean US air may be is misleading, at best.&#xa0;</p><p>"America doesn't have the cleanest air in the world just because it's white on this map," she said, adding that it's no surprise that we have fewer PM 2.5 pollutants than some developing countries where people still cook over open flames and burn down forests for fuel.</p><p>According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), aggregate emissions of six of the most common air pollutants have dropped 73% since 1970, when the agency<a href="https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/evolution-clean-air-act">&#xa0;got serious</a> about cleaning up the air.&#xa0;</p><p>But the work isn't done. In 2014, the EPA estimated that between <a href="https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-05/documents/huff-particle.pdf">50,000 and 120,000 people</a> in the US die prematurely because of bad air. The agency also <a href="https://www.epa.gov/air-trends/air-quality-national-summary">notes on its website</a> that "d<span>espite great progress in air quality improvement, approximately 111 million people nationwide lived in counties with pollution levels above the primary&#xa0;</span><span>U.S. National Ambient Air Quality Standards in 2017."&#xa0;</span></p><p>Check out this EPA map of counties that don't meet the Clean Air Act standards:</p><p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div><p>"PM 2.5 is one component of air pollution,"&#xa0;Pfister said.&#xa0;"If you look at ozone pollution, you will actually see that the US has quite a bit more ozone pollution than many regions in the developing world... that has to do with the ozone chemistry."</p><p>She worries about the air she breathes in Colorado, as <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2018/10/23/residents-sue-broomfield-drilling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more oil and gas operations open up</a> near schools, hospitals, and people's homes, hospitals.</p><p>"Specifically in the western US, we have leveled off. We are not clean," she said.</p><p>In terms of PM 2.5 pollution, the country with the world's cleanest air <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/most-least-toxic-countries-pollution-environment-2017-2#-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is New Zealand</a>, while the US ranks seventh on the list. Meanwhile, the cleanest cities in the world (in terms of particulate concentrations) are in <a href="https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/GCR_20012002_Environment_5d282a24-bb10-4a9a-88bd-6ee05e8c6678.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sweden.</a></p><p>While breathing air in Stockholm is better for your health than inhaling in&#xa0;<a href="https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2018/02/12/shanghai-air-pollution-worse-beijing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shanghai</a>, it's false to think that a single country could ever have the "cleanest" air, because we all live under the same sky, Pfister said.</p><p>If you're wondering how clean the air you're breathing right now is, check out the <a href="https://airquality.weather.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Weather Service air quality forecast</a>, or&#xa0;use the <a href="https://www.epa.gov/outdoor-air-quality-data/interactive-map-air-quality-monitors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EPA's interactive air quality</a> map.</p><div></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cruise-ship-decks-air-quality-worse-than-most-polluted-cities-2017-10">An undercover investigation reveals air quality on a cruise ship deck could be worse than the world's most polluted cities</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

President Trump said the US has 'the cleanest air in the world'. Here's the reality, according to an air quality scientist.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Doha Hamad International Airport in Qatar tops Stytrax's world's best airports list for 2024.</li><li>Only European and Asian airports made the top 10, with none in the US even breaking the top 20.</li></ul><p>In its 25th year of judging airports based on passenger surveys, the aviation ranking website <a target="_blank" href="https://www.worldairportawards.com/awards-methodology/">Stytrax</a> revealed on Thursday the world's best airports for 2024.</p><p>The results are based on customer surveys collected between August 2023 and March 2024 that ask about the airport experience from curb to gate.</p><p>Of 570 airports worldwide, Doha Hamad International Airport in Qatar beat out Singapore Changi Airport in what has been a back-and-forth battle for years. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/top-20-best-airports-in-world-according-to-passengers-list-2023-3">Doha won in both 2021 and 2022</a> but took second to Changi last year. </p><p>Among the top 10 were only European and Asian airports —<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/skytrax-airport-rankings-american-terrible-seattle-laguardia-doha-singapore-2024-4"> none in the US made the cut</a>. In fact, the only North American airport to break the top 20 was Vancouver International Airport in Canada at number 17. </p><p>Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was the highest-ranking US airport on Skytrax's 2024 list but came in at only number 24, according to Skytrax. It made the top 20 last year at number 18.</p><p>New York City metro airports, including LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport, made the top 100 at numbers 33 and 93, respectively. Both have seen <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/laguardia-and-newark-have-5-star-terminals-after-dramatic-turnaround-2024-4">multibillion-dollar improvement projects</a> in recent years.</p><p>Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, meanwhile, notched an award for<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/see-inside-newark-airports-3-billion-terminal-a-upgrade-2022-11"> the best new terminal of 2024</a>. The Houston airport system also won an award for having the world's best airport art.</p><p>Here's a closer look at Skytrax's top 10 airports in the world for 2024.</p><h2>10. Istanbul Airport</h2><div type="image" title="People are walking in Istanbul airport with the &quot;Instabul&quot; sign in the center frame." height="2952" width="4437" msid="109431694" hostid="261" sizebytes="2178376"></div><p>Country: Turkey</p><p>2023 Ranking: 6</p><p>Skytrax Awards: Best Airport in Southern Europe, Best Airport Dining Experience</p><h2>9. Zurich Airport</h2><div type="image" title="Zurich Airport." height="768" width="1024" msid="109431695" hostid="261" sizebytes="110162"></div><p>Country: Switzerland</p><p>2023 Ranking: 8</p><p>Skytrax Awards: Best Airport: 20-30 million passengers, The Cleanest Airport in Europe</p><h2>8. Munich International Airport</h2><div type="image" title="Munich Airport." height="768" width="1024" msid="109431699" hostid="261" sizebytes="175664"></div><p>Country: Germany</p><p>2023 Ranking: 7</p><p>Skytrax Awards: Best Airport Staff in Europe, Best Airport in Central Europe, Best Airport Hotel in Europe (Hilton Munich Airport)</p><h2>7. Dubai International Airport</h2><div type="image" title="Purple coloring on spiral outside design at airport." height="3744" width="5616" msid="109431701" hostid="261" sizebytes="666226"></div><p>Country: UAE</p><p>2023 Ranking: 17</p><p>Skytrax Awards: None</p><h2>6. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport</h2><div type="image" title="Paris CDG airport." height="1329" width="2000" msid="109431704" hostid="261" sizebytes="350532"></div><p>Country: France</p><p>2023 Ranking: 5</p><p>Skytrax Awards: Best Airport in Europe, Best Airport in Western Europe, Best Airport: 60-70 million passengers, Best Low-Cost Airline Terminal (CDG Terminal 3)</p><h2>5. Tokyo Narita <strong>International</strong> Airport</h2><div type="image" title="Narita International Airport." height="768" width="1024" msid="109431707" hostid="261" sizebytes="95682"></div><p>Country: Japan</p><p>2023 Ranking: 9</p><p>Skytrax Awards: World's Best Airport Staff, Best Airport Staff in Asia, Best Airport: 30-40 million passengers</p><h2>4. Tokyo Haneda Airport</h2><div type="image" title="Tokyo Interational Haneda Airport" height="1000" width="1500" msid="109431709" hostid="261" sizebytes="189422"></div><p>Country: Japan</p><p>2023 Ranking: 3</p><p>Skytrax Awards: World's Cleanest Airport, World's Best Domestic Airport, Best PRM and Accessible Facilities, Best Airport: 70+ million passengers, The Cleanest Airport in Asia</p><h2>3. Seoul Incheon <strong>International </strong>Airport</h2><div type="image" title="Seoul Incheon International Airport exterior." height="2466" width="3288" msid="109431711" hostid="261" sizebytes="671270"></div><p>Country: South Korea</p><p>2023 Ranking: 4</p><p>Skytrax Awards: World's Most Family-Friendly Airport</p><h2>2. Singapore Changi<strong> </strong>Airport</h2><div type="image" title="Singapore's Changi Airport." height="1442" width="1936" msid="109431714" hostid="261" sizebytes="601110"></div><p>Country: Singapore</p><p>2023 Ranking: 1</p><p>Skytrax Awards: Best Airport in Asia, Best Airport Immigration Service, Best Airport: 50-60 million passengers, Best Airport Hotel in the World and Asia (Crowne Plaza Changi Airport)</p><h2>1. Doha Hamad I<strong>nternational </strong>Airport</h2><div type="image" title="Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar — Doha, Qatar Trip 2021" height="1666" width="2500" msid="109431716" hostid="261" sizebytes="392916"></div><p>Country: Qatar</p><p>2023 Ranking: 2</p><p>Skytrax Awards: World's Best Airport, Best Airport in the Middle East, World's Best Airport Shopping, Best Airport: 40-50 million passengers, The Cleanest Airport in the Middle East</p>

These are the world's 10 best airports for 2024, according to passengers. None are in the US.

<br /> The report on how <keyword id="2312336" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Swachh-Bharat-Mission">Swachh Bharat Mission</keyword> was successful is out and states that cities in eastern and southern part of India did better than northern and western India.<br />
<br /> The <keyword id="3246333" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Swachh-Sarvekshan">Swachh Sarvekshan</keyword> survey that gauged the impact of <keyword id="63500" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cleanliness-Drive">cleanliness drive</keyword> in 73 cities stated that Mysuru remained the cleanest of all, followed by Chandigarh and Tiruchirapalli.<br />
<br /> However, <keyword id="6354814" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="prime-minister-Narendra-Modi">Prime Minister Narendra Modi</keyword>’s Varanasi constituency was among the 10 dirtiest cities and Dhanbad ranked the worst.<br />
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A first such survey was done in 2014, which was a 476-city survey. Then also, Karnataka’s Mysuru had emerged as the winner.<br />
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If we compare the two analysis, cities that have improved include Visakhapatnam, Surat, Rajkot and Gangtok.<br />
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Meanwhile, the 10 dirtiest cities include Ghaziabad and Meerut.<br />
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In Delhi, South and North Delhi Municipal Corporation improved rankings and were at 47 to 43, respectively.<br />
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Tamil Nadu’s Chennai ranked 37 in comparison to its fourth position in 2014.<br />
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Swachh Sarvekshan spells bad news for Modi’s Varanasi, Mysuru emerges cleanest of all

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div></p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Fast-food chains have a bad reputation when it comes to keeping restaurants clean. </li><li>Business Insider <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fast-food-chains-best-service-ranked-by-fans-2019-9">asked more than 3,000 people</a> who read our fast-food coverage which chains have the cleanest locations. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/chick-fil-a">Chick-fil-A,</a> In-N-Out, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/starbucks">Starbucks</a> topped the list. </li><li>Read on to see which eight chains customers say have the cleanest restaurants in America. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet"><strong>Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</strong></a><strong>.</strong></li></ul><p>No one wants to visit a fast-food chain with a grubby dining room and unknown germs lurking in the kitchen. </p><p>People across America are skeptical of many fast-food chains' abilities to meet basic standards of cleanliness. So, Business Insider asked more than 3,000 people who read our fast-food coverage which chains they believe have the cleanest restaurants.</p><p>To avoid penalizing smaller regional chains, we crunched the numbers to create a score based on the percentage of people who said they visited a chain in the last six months and who said the brand had the cleanest restaurants. While the data collection wasn't super scientific, it quickly revealed which fast-food chains customers believe to be the cleanest. </p><p><em><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fast-food-chains-best-service-ranked-by-fans-2019-9">The 7 fast-food chains with the best service in America, according to customers</a></em></p><p>Few customers were willing to vouch for most fast-food giants' cleanliness. In the case of most chains - including McDonald's, Burger King, and Subway - fewer than 10% of respondents said that they believed the brand had the cleanest restaurants in the industry. </p><p>However, a handful of chains stood out. Here are the eight fast-food chains with the cleanest restaurants in the industry, according to customers. </p>

The 8 fast-food chains with the cleanest restaurants in America, according to customers

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div></p><ul class="summary-list"><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/category/chick-fil-a">Chick-fil-A</a> has the best food, best customer service, and cleanest bathrooms in American fast food, according to Business Insider readers. </li><li>The chain's franchise model helps Chick-fil-A beat out the competition when it comes to service and cleanliness. </li><li>Chick-fil-A is the third largest chain in the US by sales, growing revenue by 16.7% in 2018 to reach nearly $10.5 billion. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><p>Chick-fil-A customers are confident that the chain is the best in the business. </p><p>44% of people who had visited Chick-fil-A in the last six months said the chain had the best food, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chick-fil-a-in-n-out-best-food-fast-food-2019-10">far more than customers of any other chain.</a></p><p>71% of people who went to Chick-fil-A in the last six months said <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fast-food-chains-best-service-ranked-by-fans-2019-9">Chick-fil-A had the best customer service.</a></p><p>51% of people who visited McDonald's in the last six months said <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fast-food-chains-best-bathrooms-according-to-customers-2019-9">the chain had the best bathrooms.</a> (55% said<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fast-food-chains-cleanest-restaurants-customers-2019-10"> the brand also had the cleanest restaurants.</a>)</p><p><em><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fast-food-chains-cleanest-restaurants-customers-2019-10">The 8 fast-food chains with the cleanest restaurants in America, according to customers</a></em></p><p>We asked 3,000 people who read our fast-food coverage which chains come out on top in all of these categories - and no one chain came close to Chick-fil-A. To avoid penalizing Chick-fil-A and other smaller chains, we only considered responses from people who said they visited a chain in the last six months <em>and</em> who said the brand was the best in a category. </p><p>In-N-Out regularly snagged the No. 2 spot in most categories, including best food and cleanest restaurants. But, Chick-fil-A's dominance is clear. </p><p>Why is Chick-fil-A thriving in a way other chains cannot imitate? </p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div></div></div></p><p>One thing that sets Chick-fil-A apart from rivals is that franchisees are only allowed to open a single location.</p><p>They don't have to pay much - unlike other chains - but the process of getting approved is extremely drawn-out and difficult. Once these franchisees have fought to be a part of the system, they are hands-on in making sure their locations are clean and offering top-notch service, which helps explain Chick-fil-A's high scores. </p><p>This model and other aspects of Chick-fil-A's business have helped the chain become one of the most successful in fast food. </p><p>The chain is the third largest in the US by sales, growing revenue by 16.7% in 2018 to reach nearly $10.5 billion, according to <a href="https://www.nrn.com/data-research/top-200-restaurants">Nation's Restaurant News.</a> Over the past decade, it has nearly tripled its annual sales.</p>

Chick-fil-A dominates fast-food rankings, from cleanest locations to best food

<br /><strong><br /></strong><ul><li><strong>The Municipal Corporation in Ambikapur, Chattisgarh launched the country’s garbage cafe scheme. <br /></strong></li><li><strong>The scheme offers ragpickers and homeless people free meals in exchange for plastic or any kind of trash. <br /></strong></li><li><strong>The authorities have dedicated funds to the tune of ₹550,000, towards the cafe.</strong></li></ul>Chattisgarh is offering a unique solution for two burning issues in the country — hunger and plastic waste. It introduced a ‘Garbage cafe’ where people can bring in plastic trash and get a free meal in return, <a href="https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/bring-plastic-waste-and-eat-full-meal-at-india-s-first-garbage-cafe-in-chhattisgarh-371570.html" data-type="tilCustomLink">reported </a>India Times<br /><br />Ambikapur, a city which is home to 200,000 people, launched the country’s garbage cafe scheme which offers ragpickers and homeless people free meals in exchange for plastic or any kind of trash. The scheme also aims to provide shelter to at least 100 homeless people. <br /><br />The municipal corporation has math in place on the food scheme. Every one kilo of trash earns a full meal, while 500gms earns a breakfast.<br /><br />The authorities have dedicated funds to the tune of ₹550,000, towards the cafe. The scheme has an ambitious plan to build greener roads using plastic waste. There are many such cafes across the world however India's plan to build roads through a garbage cafe makes it unique. <br /><br />Ambikar is the second cleanest city in India, <a href="https://swachhsurvekshan2019.org/Rankings/Morethan1Lakh">according to Swachh Survekshan 2019 </a>— a national ranking that determines the level of cleanliness in different cities across India.<br />

India’s first ‘Garbage Cafe’ offers free meals in exchange for plastic waste

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform <keyword id="819905" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="instagram" source="Orion">Instagram</keyword> has announced that it will allow shoppers in the <keyword id="6354458" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="US" source="Orion">US</keyword> to be able to pay for <keyword id="19705" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Products" source="Orion">products</keyword> directly in messages.<br /><br />The company said it wants to help people start conversations with businesses they care about and help them find and buy products they love in an easy, seamless experience, right from the chat thread.<br /><br />"We are introducing a new way to make a purchase on Instagram -- right where you chat," the company said in a <keyword id="1279832" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Blogpost" source="Orion">blogpost</keyword>.<br /><br />"Finally, you will be able to use <keyword id="13647444" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Meta-Pay" source="Orion">Meta Pay</keyword> to complete purchases, making checkout even easier in just a few taps," it added.<br /><br />Using this new feature, small business owners will be able to chat with customers in real-time to answer questions and confirm purchase details.<br /><br />They can create a payment request with item description and price and request and collect payment.<br /><br />And when businesses are ready to set up their digital storefront, they can use Shops on Instagram and <keyword id="6354576" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Facebook" source="Orion">Facebook</keyword>, the company said.<br /><br /><strong>SEE ALSO :<br /><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/top-10-cleanest-city-in-india/slidelist/92948838.cms">Indore retains the ‘Cleanest City’ honour for the fifth year in a row at the Swachh Survekshan 2021 Awards followed by nine other cities in India</a><br /><br /></strong><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/after-india-us-could-be-the-next-country-to-crack-down-on-vpn-service-providers-for-deceptive-data-practices/articleshow/92949353.cms"><strong>After India, US could be the next country to crack down on VPN service providers for deceptive data practices</strong></a><br />

Instagram to let shoppers pay for products via DM

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