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‘Garbage mountains’ in cities to be removed: PM Narendra Modi
Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 aims to make India’s cities trash-free. AMRUT 2.0 aims to strengthen sewage treatment and provide 100% water supply coverage for all households.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised when starting the second phase of the project on Friday that the “garbage hills” in Indian cities would be cleared. Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation. Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 aims to make India’s cities trash-free. AMRUT 2.0 aims to strengthen sewage treatment and provide 100% water supply coverage for all households. When talking about urban water safety, Prime Minister Modi stated that the goal is to expand sewage and septic tank management to ensure that no untreated sewage flows into the river. “When the amount of sewage treatment increases, urban water bodies will become clean, and our rivers will also become clean,” he said.
When talking about the Gazipur landfill in Delhi, Prime Minister Modi said: “Delhi has a mountain of garbage like this. It has been sitting here for many years, waiting to be cleared,” Modi told Urban Affairs Minister Hadip Singh Puri, he nodded in agreement. He said: “This sport in India will also create a lot of’green jobs’.” Prime Minister Modi said that India processes about 100,000 tons of urban waste every day.
“In 2014, less than 20% of waste in India was processed. Now, India processes nearly 70% of waste every day. We have to increase it to 100%,” he said. Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 spends 14.1 crore Modi quoted BR Ambedkar as saying that “Babasaheb” believes that urban development is the main medium for eliminating inequality.
News Source : The Indian Express
Yahya Sinwar, who was the alleged mastermind behind the October 7 attacks, was killed in Gaza on Wednesday.
The Israeli Defence Forces or IDF released footage from a drone on Friday that captured Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar moments before his death in a firefight against the troops in Gaza’s Rafah on Wednesday.
The video shows a building filled with debris, where a man is sitting on an armchair covered with dust with his face wrapped, who is supposedly Sinwar. He then proceeds to throw a stick towards, the drone but misses.
Also Read: Yahya Sinwar killed: Why is Hamas chief death significant?
Along with Sinwar, the IDF also confirmed the death of two other “terrorists”.
Yahya Sinwar took over as the chief of Hamas after the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in July 2024. He was supposedly the architect of the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which sparked the conflict in the Gaza strip.
Also Read: Yahya Sinwar death live updates: Netanyahu vows Gaza war ‘not over’ after Israel kills Hamas chief
Sinwar’s death has been celebrated by Israel as well as its key allies, the US and France.
After Sinwar’s death Israeli prime minister Netanyahu released a video statement, where he stated, “Today we have settled the score. Today evil has been dealt a blow but our task has still not been completed.”
U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller called Sinwar the “chief obstacle” to ending the war and expressed hope for more headway in the peace process.
French president Emmanuel Macron has also expressed the hope that hostages will be returned now that the political head of the militant organisation is dead.
However, Iran, has stated that the death of Sinwar will only serve as a catalyst for further resistance against Israel.
The Hezbollah also proclaimed that after the death of Sinwar they were going to “transition to a new and escalating phase in the confrontation with Israel.”
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