21.11.09

India can win Nobel for filth

Environment minister Jairam Ramesh, known for courting controversy and making candid remarks said if there was a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India would get it. The minister was talking in reference to poor facilities for disposing municipal waste in a majority of Indian cities. “I think our cities have the dubious distinction of being the dirtiest cities in the world. There is no doubt about it. But if there is a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India will win it hands down. There is no competition for that and we have to do something dramatic on municipal solid waste,” Ramesh said.

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