Overview

• Expatriates including Serbian volunteer Lazar and French resident Matilda joined locals to clear roads and drains near Guru Dronacharya Metro Station, with ANI videos drawing wide attention online.
• Official figures cited in coverage show door-to-door waste collection fell from 85% to 59% in a year, while source segregation dropped from 15% to 10%.
• MCG Commissioner Pradeep Dahiya toured multiple sites, joined shramdaan, and said sustained cleanliness requires active citizen participation, with ward-level drives to run regularly.
• The MCG’s 11-week cleanliness campaign launched on August 23 now includes a partnership with the Gurugram Vyapar Mandal, under which the corporation will build public toilets and traders will operate and maintain them.
• Social-media backlash intensified pressure on civic authorities, and some reports linked the deterioration to sanitation workers leaving after recent verification crackdowns.