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FMC commissions water filtration plants to bring clean water to 15 Uttar P
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] April 10 (ANI/BusinessWire India): As part of its commitment to making farming communities more sustainable, FMC India, today announced that it has commissioned community water filtration plants in 15 villages to increase access to clean, potable water across
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This Noida-based mechanical engineer is reviving ponds to fight water scar
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 10 (ANI): A 26-year-old mechanical engineer is creating water awareness in villages and reviving ponds to fight the problem of water scarcity.
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As Alipurduar gears up for polls, villagers of Buxa Tiger Forest express c
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): Amid big poll promises, a village in Alipurduar claim to be deprived of minimal facilities and has accused political parties of treating them just as "vote banks."
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WB: No school, water or healthcare facilities, but villagers say will vote
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): On the route to the hills of Bhutan and two kilometers away from the bank of Jayanti river is the village of Bhutia Basti, which was settled during the British period.
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Songadh: Villagers near Ukai dam irked by water scarcity, unavailability o
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Songadh (Gujarat) [India], April 10 (ANI): With elections approaching and all political parties making big promises in their election manifestos, there exists a village in Songadh district where people still have to walk for kilometers to fetch clean drinking water.
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In a first, Nepal's Gyalzen peak scaled by 3 climbers
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Apr 9 (ANI): Achieving a momentous feat, a group of three climbers successfully became the first mountaineers to scale Nepal's untouched Gyalzen Peak in the Jugal Himal on Tuesday, according to Jugal Village Council Chief Homnarayan Shrestha.
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Tamil Nadu: Villagers boycott LS polls to protest lack of basic amenities
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 9 (ANI): The residents of Melasirupothu village on Monday took out a protest march to boycott Lok Sabha elections, alleging non-availability of basic facilities here.
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A dirty stream is the only source of water in this Assam village
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India] Apr 9 (ANI): It has been over 70 years of Independence, yet, locals in this Assam village lack a source of clean drinking water, forcing them to use water from a dirty stream in the village.
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Odisha handicraft artist trails the blaze
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kalahandi (Odisha) [India] Apr 8, (ANI): Stories of people's migration from Odisha for employment are quite common among us, but the story Arun Maharana, a wood handicraft artist from a small village in Kalahandi district, is bucking this trend.
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Andhra Pradesh: 21-year-old threatens to commit suicide demanding politica
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 8 (ANI): A 21-year-old man threatened to jump off a water tank in Arjavani Gudem village of Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district on Sunday demanding various political reforms.
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No roads, no vote: Natives of a UP village threaten to boycott polls
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 8 (ANI): With Lok Sabha polls inching closer, candidates are leaving no stone unturned to woo voters in their favor. However, there is a village in Bijnor district that has collectively decided to not vote, citing poor condition of roads.
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Mountain Man's village still deprived bare minimum basic facilities, villa
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Gehlaur (Bihar) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): The people of Gehlaur, a village in Bihar known for its 'Mountain Man' Dashrath Manjhi feel neglected and cheated as they claim that the state government hasn't fulfilled a single promise made to them in the past.
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