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IIT KGP Faculty Makes Purified Drinking Water Available for Rs. 1

IIT KGP Faculty Makes Purified Drinking Water Available for Rs. 1

Times of India    India Today    Business Standard   Millennium Post    Navbharat Times    NDTV    ABP News    ABP News Twitter   Indian Express   Jagran Josh  EiSamay Faculty from IIT KGP has developed a model for purified drinking water supply, costing Rs. 1 per family per day, for a village in Southern Bengal. Dr. Somnath Ghosal from the Rural Development Centre of IIT Kharagpur has involved participatory management offering villagers access to purified drinking water in a sustainable manner, using Water Cards, Water ATM Vending Machine, etc. The unique set-up has been built in the Porapara village in West Midnapore district of Bengal. He…
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Not a drop to lose

Not a drop to lose

Business Standard   NDTV     ABP News   Millennium Post    Navbharat Times   ABP News Twitter At Porapara, an IIT Kharagpur initiative has become a unique model of participatory civic management Porapara is a tribal hamlet around 15 kilometres away from IIT Kharagpur. It has seen several initiatives from the academic community of IIT Kharagpur, which has set up a primary school and has also tried to install smokeless chulas for the convenience of the villagers. The people of the village are mainly daily wage labourers, working in the surrounding agricultural fields or sometimes in Kharagpur town. Having grown used to the community of…
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