Swachh Poes: how a gated community in Chennai is promoting the goals of Clean India Mission

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A resident of Aashiana Apartments at Alwarpet in Chennai, Anita Hegde narrates how volunteer-residents from the gated community are nudging their neighbours on Poes Road and Rajakrishna Road to practise source segregation of waste, keep their neighourhood spic and span and also adopt other sustainability-promoting practices

Updated - March 09, 2026 01:29 pm IST

Mano Vijaykumar and Anita Hegde with the support staff at Aashiana Apartments in Alwarpet

Mano Vijaykumar and Anita Hegde with the support staff at Aashiana Apartments in Alwarpet

In 2019, a group of residents from Aashiana Apartments at Venus Colony in Alwarpet started Swachh Poes to educate households and businesses in Poes Road and Rajakrishna Road about source segregation and make this “neglected neighbourhood” a model area in terms of sustainability.

The initial efforts

Published - March 09, 2026 10:23 am IST

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