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8 injured after water tank under construction collapses
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bangaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 17 (ANI): Centering of a water tank of Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) under construction collapsed at 11 am on Monday here. Eight workers have been injured and are receiving treatment for the same.
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Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inspects ongoing projects in Rishikesh and Haridw
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat reviewed the ongoing Namami Gange projects in Rishikesh and Haridwar during his one day tour to Uttarakhand on Thursday.
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Innovation by 7th graders to save the ocean
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] June 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): Our oceans have long been used as an intentional dumping ground for all sorts of waste including plastic, sewage, industrial run-off and chemicals.
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Thane: 3 people dead after getting stuck in sewage treatment plant
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], May 10 (ANI): At least three people were killed while five others were admitted to hospital after getting stuck in a sewage treatment plant in Dhokali on Friday.
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Namami Gange organizes 4th consultative meeting
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 2 (ANI): National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in collaboration with PTC Financial Services Limited organized the 4th Consultative Meeting on 'Development of Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) through Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM)' at India Habitat Centre, Delhi.
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Medicine, personal care products may lead to new pollutants in waterways
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 21 (ANI): Bacteria in sewage treatment plants may be creating new contaminants that have not been evaluated for potential risks and may affect aquatic environments, say scientists in a study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Journal.
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How clean is River Ganga? Here's a fact check
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 17 (ANI): Around 97 towns and cities located on the banks of Ganga discharge over 3.2 billion litres of untreated sewage into the river daily. To keep the water from getting polluted, the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) took up a big challenge t
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No untreated industrial, household waste to flow into Ganga in Kanpur
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 22 (ANI): The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) under the Namami Gange programme has sanctioned projects worth Rs 2,192 crore for Kanpur zone to prevent the flow of sewage water into the river.
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Sewage worker death: Swacch Bharat a 'hollow slogan', says Rahul
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 19 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Swacch Bharat' as a "hollow slogan" and accused him of turning a blind eye to the plight of thousands of manual scavengers.
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Social media users raise funds for family of deceased Delhi sewage worker
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 19 (ANI): In an extraordinary move, social media users have come together to raise funds for the family of a sewage worker, who lost his life due to asphyxiation in Delhi.
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By 2020, no untreated water will flow into River Ganga: DG NMCG Rajiv Ranj
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India] Sept 17 (ANI): The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), under its Namami Gange Programme is confident about accomplishing its task of rejuvenating and conserving the mighty river Ganga by 2020. Several projects have been completed and many are ongoing, which would h
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Shyam Rao Shirke: The man who makes tea from nullah-emitted gas stove
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Shyam Rao Shirke, a mechanical contractor who patented production of bio-CNG from sewage sludge, has shared how his initiative became functional.
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