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
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Energy efficient fans to be distributed in eastern UP
VARANASI: After energy efficient LED bulbs the Purvanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited in collaboration with the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) is going to provide energy efficient fans under
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PM Modi launches country's 1st solar-powered e-boats
VARANASI: Launching the country's first solar powered e-boats in river Ganga in his parliamentary constituency -Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a jibe on Congress by saying, "Wo sarkarey gayi
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Waste accumulates as locals protest dumping at Ramna
Varanasi: The city is suffering insanitation woes as the municipal waste has not been transported to the dumping site in Ramna locality for last four days. The villagers of Ramna are protesting against
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Varanasi faces garbage disposal crisis
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency, where he launched the Clean India Campaign on November 8, 2014, is facing the worst solid waste disposal crisis. Since the day of
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GIS, NIH experts to assess the threat to Ganga ghats in Varanasi
VARANASI: To prevent the majestic ghats from caving in, the experts of Geological Survey of India (GIS) and National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) will assess the measures to check erosion on the left bank
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Penalty for urinating on Varanasi Ganga ghats now
Varanasi: Close on the heels of the picture of an ADM relieving himself on the bank of the Yamuna in Allahabad was flashed in the media, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) has decided that anybody
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Stir against pollution in Sonbhadra district's Singarauli area
Varanasi: Perturbed by the increasing levels of hazardous pollutants including heavy metals in water, air and soil, the natives of different villages in the Singrauli area of Sonbhadra district formed
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Shinzo Abe to visit Varanasi: Will the air quality make him wear a mask?
Varanasi: The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will have to spend time in severely polluted atmosphere full of particulate matters in the air during his visit to Varanasi. Abe along with his Indian counterpart
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PM's constituency sees Ganga cleaning project restarting after 6 months
Government officials in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency achieved a major success on Sunday when they convinced the farmers to call off their six months old stir after which the
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Dolphins’ rise in Ganga surprises environmentalists
VARANASI: Environmentalists are doubtful over the findings of recently conducted Ganga Dolphin Census citing increasing pollution load in Ganga. Banaras Hindu University's environmental scientist and