
Water technology centre inaugurated in Coimbatore
The Hindu
Ekki Pumps and KPR Institutions on Friday launched Ekki - KPR International Water Technology Centre, set up at a total cost of ₹50 lakh, at the KPR Institute hereA press release from Ekki said the cen
Ekki Pumps and KPR Institutions on Friday launched Ekki - KPR International Water Technology Centre, set up at a total cost of ₹50 lakh, at the KPR Institute here
A press release from Ekki said the centre, inaugurated by German Consul General Karin Stoll, is a centre of excellence for pumps and water-related technologies. It will bring together research, teaching, consultancy and entrepreneurship in pumps and water technologies.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












