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@article{177137,
        author = {Mr. Shivam Santosh Nadarge and Prof. Seema Borawake and Dr. Rakhi Khedkar and Mr. Shubham Laxman Muluk and Mr. Balaji Eknath Poul},
        title = {Multipurpose, Energy and Cost Efficient River Surface Cleaning Boat},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {12},
        pages = {2930-2940},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=177137},
        abstract = {Aquatic ecosystems are huge, valuable and very complex systems. Floating debris can entangle and trap aquatic animals causing physical harm. It may also cause plastic and chemical pollution in the river. Large number of suspended loads may cause a variety of difficulties to aquatic life by preventing light penetration into submerged plant life. Evidently, solutions need to be found for the removal of such debris from aquatic environments. Hence, in this paper a river surface cleaning boat is designed. The water cleaning boat project focuses on protecting aquatic animals present in the water bodies with no suspended solids, to minimize aquatic pollution and also taking as another objective minimizing labour and human involvement. The project comes with a method for river cleaning via a treadmill system. This water boat initiative goes as far as arguing that Science, Technology, and Community can be fused together to a sustainable environment to aquatic life.},
        keywords = {Aquatic Ecosystem, Eco-friendly Technology, Lithium-Ion Battery, Minimizing Human Intervention, Remote-controlled Boat, River Surface Cleaning, Waste Collection. Abbreviation: River Surface Cleaning Boat (RSCB)},
        month = {May},
        }