<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">''<div style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched a technology challenge on identifying solutions and promoting suitable techniques for cleaning of sewerage systems. The objective is eliminating human entry into septic tanks and manholes. </span></div></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">An official release said, the challenge will be a part of the Mahatma Gandhi International Sanitation Convention which will be held on 2nd of October this year. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Proposals have been invited by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs from interested innovators, companies, academic institutions, research and development centers, NGOs and municipal bodies, to provide innovative technical solutions which eliminate the need for human entry into sewers.</div>