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Class VIII student designs hi-tech Railway loo

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A class VIII girl from Tamil Nadu has designed a controlled discharge toilet that could make disposal of human waste on tracks a thing of the past. Mashia Najim, a student of a private school in Nagercoil, used a solenoid and valve to ensure human waste wasnt dumped on the tracks. The Hygiene Drainage Disposing system has already won the first prize in two science exhibitions.

After seeing a demonstration of the contraption, Union Minister of State for Railways R.Velu gave Najim Rs.5000 and directed the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai to come up with a proto type

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