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Passengers to get Rs 5 for recycling plastic bottle at Nagpur railway station

Nagpur division of Central Railway would give rupees five to every passenger for crushing plastic bottles in a reverse vending digital machines.
Representational image: Bottle vending machine (Photo source: CMOGuj twitter)

Nagpur division of Central Railway would give rupees five to every passenger for crushing plastic bottles in noiseless reverse vending digital machines. Nagpur Municipal Cooperation (NMC) had set up two machines for rupees three lakhs each at Nagpur railway station in a bid to save environment and keep station clean. NMC installed the machines near chief ticket supervisors office at platform number 1, 2 and 3, under the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of the initiative ?Swacha Bharat Mission.

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As per a report in The Times of India, senior divisional commercial manager KK Mishra, said, Users are credited Rs5 on their PayTM and M-Wallet account for every bottle they feed into the machine. The machines have a provision of entering the mobile number of the user, once a bottle is put in the slot. On an average, 200 bottles are being crushed as of now. Post awareness we expect over 700 bottles, which were being collected garbage bins, will be recycled in days to come.

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1st COVID-19 case in Ramdaspeth crops up near Cabinet Minister Vijay Wadettiwars residence

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For the first time, a resident of Ramdaspeth tested positive for Coronavirus on Saturday. The patient, who is said to be residing in an apartment near Cabinet Minister for Relief and Rehabilitation in the Maha Vikas Aghadi and senior Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwars residence (behind Tuli Imperial), is said to be a middle-aged woman. 

The patient is reportedly connected to a resident from Mominpura. However, nothing concrete as of now can be said about the same. More details are awaited.

Also read: Nagpur: 91 test positive in 24 hours making COVID-19 tally rise to 1266

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Nagpur: 91 test positive in 24 hours making COVID-19 tally rise to 1266

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Nagpur COVID-19 tally as on June 20 rose to 1266 after 91 people tested positive for the virus in past 24 hours. Out of the total 91, while 69 patients belonged to Naik Talao/Bangladesh, 11 from Shantinagar, four from Lashkaribagh, three from Ganeshpeth, one from Uppalwadi, one from Ramdaspeth, one from Mehendibagh and one belonged to Mominpura.

Out of the total, 823 have been cured and over 333 are currently being treated upon.

Also read: NMC Chief Tukaram Mundhe storms out of meeting after Corporator calls him blot on Saint Tukaram

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Nagpur man discovers 4-month-old foetus in gutter; cops suspect illegal abortion

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In yet another shocking incident, a resident named Rahul Tumane discovered a 4-month-old foetus lying in an abandoned condition behind his house (near plot number 13, behind Kajal Bar and Restaurant area) in Pardi inside a gutter. 

Police inspector Sunil Chavan told Nation Next that a four-month-old foetus, wrapped in a cloth, was found lying inside a gutter near a house on Thursday night in Pardi. Chavan also informed that the foetus was sent for an autopsy to Mayo Hospital and the reports are awaited. Police have suspected the possibility of abandonment after an illegal abortion. 

A case has been registered under Section 318 (Concealment of birth by secret disposal of a dead body) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on the basis of a complained filed by Tumane. 

Also read: Nagpur: Zone 5 Police team seize four trucks carrying illegally mined sand

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