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Bank of India donates water filter to Goa school

MAPUSA: As part of their social responsibility the Bank of India, Goa zone donated water filter to New English High School at Keri. Sudhir Jade, zonal manager of Bank of India, Goa zone, Bertha Fernandes head mistress of the school, students, parents and others were present in the function. Jade explained banks committed involvement in various social service programs all around Goa Zone. In his motivational talk he put emphasis on literacy, value of education and girl child education. "Development of the society depends upon the education of girl child. I am able to foresee the commitment of the faculty and the management and Bank of India would be happy to be associated with any development of school for the benefit of girl child" Jade said. He also committed to students of 10th Standard of this academic session 2013-14 that if they come up with the 100 % passing results the Bank of India shall give prize money of Rs 1500 each to top ranking boy and top ranking girl student

Mineral water plant on anvil

AHMEDABAD: Heard of any municipal corporation operating a mineral water bottling plant before? The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) now plans to set up a mineral water plant / water filtration plant near its Kotarpur sewage treatment facility that will treat water to high levels of purity and then bottle them in 200 ml and 1 litre bottles. The capital costs to be incurred in the project is estimated to be around Rs 1.3 crore, according to a note in the standing committee agenda. The note further states that the annual operation and maintenance of the plant is estimated to be around Rs 27 lakh. Also the bottling costs per month would be Rs 20 lakh. "We have been buying mineral water from various companies which puts a huge burden on us, so the plant would reduce the financial load," claims an AMC official. "The fact that the water will be sourced from the water treatment facility itself is a gleaming example of management of resources," claims the official. Of

Water filtration plant at Satpur to be revamped

NASHIK: The mechanical department of the Nashik Munciipal Corporation (NMC) has proposed to revamp the water filtration plant at Satpur at an estimated cost of Rs 13.09 lakh. The plant has been operational for the last eight years and needs repair and maintenance at various levels. For the purpose, the mechanical department had prepared the proposal, which has been approved by the municipal commissioner. The proposal include repairing the building of phase II of the filtration plant, colouring it and constructing a compound wall for it, fitting mesh over the chambers, a pipeline for liquid alum and other important works. An engineer of the department said that the works related to buildings inside the filtration plant, cleaning up of water tanks, etc., will be done through a contractor by inviting tenders. "At present, there is only one pipeline for passing liquid alum for purifying water. If this pipeline gets chocked, then we will need to have another line as a standby as liq