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High fluoride contamination in drinking water sources in 6 Dhanbad villages: Study | Ranchi News

Ranchi: Over a third of drinking water sources in Dhanbad district’s Gharbar panchayat are contaminated with fluoride, sometimes up to 10 times over the permissible limit, affecting over 14,000 villagers, a study has found.The School of Environmental Studies at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, along with Megh Pyne Abhiyan (MPA), an NGO, recently published the report in…

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RMC cleans drains near all schools, colleges to curb waterlogging during monsoon | Ranchi News

Ranchi: To protect students, teachers and commuters from the perennial problem of waterlogging, mainly outside educational institutions, the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has launched a pre-monsoon drive across the city.Under the special initiative, a thorough desilting and cleaning operation will be carried out across all drains within a 500-metre radius of the approach roads to…

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In rural Bokaro, women’s fruits of labour turn them into ‘Lakhpati Didis’ | Ranchi News

Bokaro: Till some years back, Vibha Kumari’s family had to depend on her husband’s migration for livelihood. But all that changed in 2019. Vibha (25) of Murhulsudi village in Kasmar block of Bokaro planted mango saplings on 50 decimals of barren land. With patience and consistent effort, the orchard began yielding fruits.Last year, she earned…

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ACB nabs junior engineer for graft in Deoghar | Ranchi News

Dumka: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested a junior engineer posted under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) from his govt residence in Deoghar district for allegedly accepting Rs 5,000 as bribe.The accused, identified as Santosh Prasad, was serving in Dindakoli panchayat under Karon block.ACB sources said Bhim Kumar Rana (29),…

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BSL switches to PNG to run key operations as West Asia conflict pushes propane prices north | Ranchi News

Bokaro: The Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) has switched from propane to piped natural gas (PNS) on plant premises to mitigate the rising costs and supply chain disruptions due to the ongoing West Asia conflict, officials here said.In April this year, the PSU commissioned a 7km-long internal PNG pipeline network in seven days to ensure uninterrupted…

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