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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Cheap 'RO' with no electricity: How twin sisters created Rs 100 water filter using bhindi, methi & chawal to remove 'forever chemicals' and microplastics

What started as concern over India's growing water quality crisis has turned into an award-winning innovation by twin sisters from Delhi-NCR. Naina and Nayantara Singh, Class XII students at Step by Step School in Noida, have developed a low-cost water filtration system designed to remove microplastics and PFAS, harmful substances often known as "forever chemicals" because they can remain in the environment and human body for years.

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