India should get Nobel for filth: Ramesh

Last Updated: Friday, November 20, 2009, 21:16

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India should get Nobel for filth: Ramesh

New Delhi: Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh, known for making forthright comments, today said if there was any Nobel Prize for dirt and filth, India would get it.

"Our cities are dirtiest cities of the world. If there is a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India will win it, no doubt," he said at a function to release a report of TERI.

Ramesh lamented the poor facilities for disposing municipal waste in majority of the cities in the country.

The ministers' comments assume significance as the TERI report on 'Green Indian 2047' says that waste management is not given priority in local bodies.

There is poor compliance with the solid waste management rules.

PTI

First Published: Friday, November 20, 2009, 21:16

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Sudhir - India
Jairam ramesh is right. Mai is ke age kahata hoo
Ki agar koi nobel prize agar nikamme politician ke liye hoto o indian politician ko hi milana chahiye. Logone desh ki vyavstha ka kam in choron ko sopa hai aur ye log kam to karte nahi aur publicity ke liye, dikhawe ke liye non sence se comment karate hai

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V K Das - Lucknow
Our politicians can talk but do nothing worthwhile. The Minister`s party has been in power since independence and shall we say that it should get a Nobel Prize for misgovernance and incompetence.The Minister will be well advised to work more and talk less.

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Ravi - Delhi
All thanks to your party`s Babu terror. You have made babus so strong, increase their pay every year without asking for any accountability from them. They don`t work, the govt. departments just don`t work & we people have to suffer with all the filth lying around.

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Neelakantan - Dubai
Dear Minister .. You said it correct. The areas surrounding The New Delhi Railway Station is the example!!!

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rahul - cardiff
little news and no body may take notice but I am grateful to this man that atleast some body has spoken about it. Such filth and dirt unparalleled anywhere in world and just nobody takes notice does anything . It is not in any governments agenda and does not come in poll promises- plain and simple that we will provide clean cities and towns. hopefully this might change but fundamentally the municipal corporations have to change the style of functioning and need major cash injection for this to happen. I hope an Indian minister will one day talk about the poor road safety in our country.

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GARY SINGH - US
h JAiram Ramesh I fully agree with Jairam Ramesh comment...... Media is trying to twist the same to get more TRP.....However, his views if read properly then , he wants INDIA to RISE and clean the cities.

JAi HIND...US