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1,248 people died cleaning sewer and septic tanks since 1993: Government
Tamil Nadu reported the maximum number of deaths at 253, followed by Gujarat at 183, Uttar Pradesh …
PTI
IIT Madras to deploy robot to clean septic tanks in Tamil Nadu and end manual scavenging
HomoSEP was first developed in 2019 as a final year Masters' project by Divanshu Kumar under…
The IIT-Startup working to end manual scavenging in India wins big on Shark Tank
The Chennai-based startup provides robotic solutions for the sanitation industry, such as robots fo…
“There will be no manual cleaning of sewers anymore,” announces Nirmala Sitharaman
Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that there will be no manual cleaning of sewer…
There are at least 10 hot issues in India that the government has no data for
It has already been almost 10 days since the Indian parliament kicked off its monsoon session on Ju…
A fight over sewage is preventing Long Island from solving its crippling housing crisis
Many residents in Suffolk County, Long Island, are waking up to groundwater contamination and a hou…
Eliza Relman
Importance of wastewater surveillance higher than individualised COVID screening in preventing future outbreaks: experts
Conventional detection methods testing each and every citizen for individual testing is a highly co…
A couple bought a 1940s house owned by a family of hoarders. They have 6 months to empty it and make it livable.
Katie and David Wolford purchased a run-down home in Portland, Oregon, in August. It was previously…
Samantha Grindell,Monica Hump…
Budget 2023-24: Continued focus on infra to enable growth, create jobs & enhance quality of life
The Indian government has announced multiple initiatives in the budget for the development of infra…
COVID-19: Plea seeking protection of rights of sanitation workers filed in SC
Referring to a technical brief and an internal guidance issued by the World Health Organisation (WH…
PTI
A new 'Uber for Poop' in Senegal is creating competition to pick up waste from people's homes
Manual emptying costs roughly half as much as the truck service, and residents can remove the waste…
Peter Kotecki,Peter Kotecki
Here's exactly what it costs to own my 3-bedroom, 2,700-square foot home on 2.3 acres in rural New Hampshire
Our new home has a septic system and well water. At first, I was thrilled to save the $100 a month …
Kelly Burch
If we want to keep America from collapsing, we have to do the unthinkable
My totally radical, completely sure-fire plan to blanket the country with affordable homes and clea…
Adam Rogers
A $350 toilet powered by worms may be the ingenious future of sanitation that Bill Gates has been dreaming about
To get the worm system to market, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded at least $4.8 milli…
Hilary Brueck
Bill Gates is obsessed with redesigning the world's toilets - and he just brought a container of poo onstage to prove it
The small plants, one of which is already on the ground in Dakar, Senegal, can serve between 5,000 …
Hilary Brueck
India makes it to top 100 countries in Social Progress Index
Within the group of “Low Social Progress” countries, which includes 24 Sub-Saharan African countrie…
I spent an uplifting day at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and discovered what it's really like to work there
Born in Rwanda, his parents fled the country when he was a baby. He became a doctor and returned to…
Julie Bort
Lake Erie Is Turning To Slime [PHOTOS]
While boaters and swimmers aren't likely to become seriously ill from touching or swimming in the g…