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Five residents died from drinking contaminated water in Pachdongri after power cuts disrupted the regular water supply.

Village councils struggle to pay bills as new water connections increase energy usage, but cash-strapped power companies need the revenue to ensure a steady ...

Clean water had just started sputtering from newly installed taps in Pachdongri village in Maharashtra last month when the power supply to the hilly hamlet was cut off for unpaid bills. Residents link this power outage to a cholera outbreak that followed, claiming five lives. Pachdongri's outstanding power bill of Rs 52,000 ($657), pending for about five months, accounts for a

In a landmark development, Mon district administration, State government and Mithun Rural Development Foundation (MRDF) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly undertake an initiative to set up solar mini-grids in economically-constrained villages to deliver last-mile access to electricity.MRDF is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) specifically designed to service electricity access needs of […]

THE Yorkshire Air Ambulance was called out today after a cyclist suffered a fracture in a crash.