How a Greater Noida official cleaned 30% street waste with simple hacks

A Greater Noida official's direct approach, including new waste bins and awareness campaigns, is making a visible difference in neighbourhood cleanliness.

In a city that often battles complaints about overflowing bins and scattered litter, one officer decided to step out of his cabin and onto the streets. Gaurav Baghel, an official with the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA), has taken a hands-on approach to improving cleanliness across neighbourhoods and residents say the difference is visible.

Rather than limiting his role to administrative oversight, Baghel began visiting localities personally, observing waste collection gaps and speaking directly with sanitation workers and residents.

What he found was not just a shortage of infrastructure, but a lack of small, practical systems that could prevent garbage from spilling onto the streets in the first place.

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One of his most effective interventions has been the introduction of hanging dustbins mounted on boundary walls. In many areas, waste left in open containers would be torn apart by stray animals, leaving roads littered within hours.

In several videos that have gone viral, Baghel is seen visiting different houses personally and asking people about the scattered litter in front of their houses. In a calm tone, he urges the residents to put all the garbage in dustbins.