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Amrita Micro Hydro Electric System- Illuminating Rural India via Renewable Resources

Many villages in India do not have access to electricity. Villages that do receive power, do so intermittently and with frequent disruption, making the supply of...

Amma donates Rs.100 Crore for Clean Ganga Project

Amma today presented Sri. Arun Jaitley, India’s Hon. Minister of Finance, a cheque for Rs. 100 crore (US$15 million) for the construction of toilets...

Turning a Desert into a Forest, a Miracle in Transformation at Amrita

Visitors to Amrita’s Coimbatore campus are often struck by its beauty. They remark about the lush greenery, the shaded walkways lined by trees, the...

Sanitation Model For Open Defecation-Free Villages

More than 620 million people (over 44% of the population) practice open defecation in India, causing close to 65,000 tons of excrement to freely...

35000 bags of garbage collected from Sabarimala as part of Amala Bharatam Drive

As the popularity of the famous Hindu temple at Sabarimala increases with each year, authorities are faced with a huge garbage problem. This year, 35,000...

Drive to clean the Pampa River launched by Amrita

High Court had ordered clean-up within 10 days The district administration launched a “Clean Pampa” drive at Pampa on Sunday with the Kerala High Court...