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While Jaipur slept, 2,500 sanitation workers and city officials hit the streets at 2 AM for "Operation Clean Sweep," transforming the Pink City's narrowest lanes in a single night. City leaders rode scooters through crowded markets and personally distributed sweets to workers, showing what happens when civic leadership moves with urgency and respect.
A visiting pastor couldn't believe his eyes when Aba's infamous garbage piles had vanished, replaced by clean streets and water fountains. The Nigerian city's dramatic transformation under Governor Alex Otti is turning a struggling commercial hub into a source of pride.
Ghana's capital is tackling one of its biggest sanitation challenges with a massive cleanup and a new waste sorting program at Agbogbloshie Market. The initiative aims to turn the busy trading hub into a cleaner, safer 24-hour economic center.
