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Down the drain: A sewer-cleaning robot

Aditi Rajagopal | Mohit Rao
April 8, 2022

Cleaning a sewage system is an unpleasant and even dangerous task. Sounds like the perfect job for a robot. Now a tech company in Kerala has developed a prototype for India's first sewer cleaning robot.

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Aditi Rajagopal from the DW Environment team
Aditi Rajagopal Aditi Rajagopal is a DW environment reporter mainly working for Planet A on Youtube and tiktok.
Mohit Rao
Mohit Rao Mohit M. Rao is a freelance reporter based in New Delhi who regularly contributes to DW's Eco India.https://twitter.com/mohitmrao
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