PTI | Centre committed to support start-ups working on solutions to promote 'Swachhata': Puri

Sep 19,2022

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday reiterated the Centre's commitment to provide all support to start-ups involved in finding solutions towards promoting 'Swachhata'.

The minister said this while interacting with the start-ups shortlisted under the 'Swachhata Start-up Challenge', according to an official statement.

Drawing attention towards some of the major challenges to cleanliness, the minister said plastic waste management, mechanised solutions to sewer and septic tank cleaning, and scientific processing of solid and liquid waste provide huge opportunities to start-ups for innovation and enterprise development, it stated.