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Cow dung cakes for eco-friendly cremation
VARANASI: Varanasi is set to become the first city in UP to use cow dung cakes for cremation despite opposition from a section of wood-sellers. Nagpur-based NGO Eco-Friendly Living Foundation and Kashi
VARANASI: Varanasi is set to become the first city in UP to use cow dung cakes for cremation despite opposition from a section of wood-sellers. Nagpur-based NGO Eco-Friendly Living Foundation and Kashi
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Varanasi: The project of several crores of rupees for supply of potable water is like a white elephant for the Kashi. The people are compelled to drink contaminated water supplied by Jal kal department.
Varanasi: The outcome of the ambitious 'Namami Gange' project of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a matter of future, but the present condition of the river is not very encouraging. In Varanasi alone,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi is on the verge of a major Japanese encephalitis (JE) outbreak owing to its burgeoning pig population and scores of piggeries owned by more than 200
VARANASI: Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi use the expertise of Sulabh International, a pioneer organization working in the field of biogas generation from human excreta, to save Ganga from sewage pollution?
An expert member of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) and environment scientist at Banaras Hindu University Prof BD Tripathi suggests the direct control of the central government over the implementation
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