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Fluoride contamination in drinking water is matter of concern in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: It is the quality that differentiates drinking water from any other water. In this sense, there are many habitations in Orissa which have severe quality problems like iron, salinity, fluoride and chloride contamination and also bacteriological contamination. Due to geo-hydrology, growing population, depletion of ground water, rapid industrialization etc. the drinking water quality is […]
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Doc plays good Samaritan to children suffering from fluorosis
PATNA: Noted surgeon Dr V S Singh is playing a good Samaritan to 11-year-old Rajesh Kumar and 9-year-old Roop Kumar, both sons of Ishari Yadav of Kacharadih village under Rajauli sub-division in Nawada district. Both the children are suffering from fluorosis caused due to intake of water having high content of fluoride resulting in weakening […]
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Serial polluter. Hindalco continues to violate norms, damages crops
Hindalco Industries’ smelting plant in Orissa’s Sambalpur district faces closure. The Orissa State Pollution Control Board, or ospcb, has issued the Hirakud Aluminium Smelter a show-cause notice after its team of experts reported that the plant is releasing untreated wastewater, laced with toxins such as cyanide and fluoride, into the state’s largest river, the Mahanadi. […]
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Unnao will soon have water harvesting
KANPUR: The coming summer will not go dry for rural residents of Unnao as water harvesting system will soon be in place at 181 villages of the district. DM Rajshekhar Reddy has ordered digging of wells and ponds in 16 blocks under NREGA. The total area of newly dug ponds will be 177.440 hectare. Twenty-one […]
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Barinda belt water fluoride contaminated
MALDA, Jan. 21: Workers of the United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) have detected fluoride contamination of ground water at Pakuahat and other areas of Bamongola block areas recently. The presence of fluoride was found to be above the permissible limit in drinking water sources. After examining the collected water samples which when tested were found […]
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Punjab: Is the water you drink safe? Think again
Ludhiana:All 10 blocks in Ludhiana have groundwater that is unfit for drinking: Central groundwater management dept That groundwater in Punjab is depleting is a widely known fact but here are some facts that should set alarm bells ringing across the state. According to the latest data available with the Central Groundwater Regulation and Management department, […]
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Pure water promise to village schools
Ranchi, Dec. 26: The government has, finally, woken up to water woes plaguing schools across the state. It has taken up an ambitious project to supply clean drinking water to around 50 lakh children in over 38,000 primary and middle schools. Under the project titled Jalmani, a water purification system will be installed in all […]
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Hindalco: Waste water with high concentration of fluoride and cyanide
SAMBALPUR: Notwithstanding numerous notices served by State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), aluminum producer Hindalco has failed to act on hazardous waste management. The wastes are reportedly generated by Hindalco’s aluminium smelter plant. An SPCB team pulled up the plant for its failure to curb pollution after a recent visit. The team found that waste water […]
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Chiru fumes at YSR for ‘neglecting’ fluorosis
CHOUTUPPAL (NALGONDA DT): Moved by the plight of flourosis victims, Praja Rajyam Party president Chiranjeevi came down heavily on the ruling Congress for its failure in bailing them out. Chiranjeevi interacted with the flourosis victims in the village, as part of his second day Praja Ankita Sabha today. He spoke to two patients of flourosis. […]
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Fluoride contaminates Mid-Day Meals Scheme
NALGONDA: Defeating the very aim of improving nutritional levels, mid-day meals cooked in fluoride-contaminated water are being dished out by SHGs in hundreds of schools and anganwadi centres in the district. The Mid-Day Meal (MDM) Scheme is being implemented in as many as 3,369 primary and high schools and 3,646 anganwadi centres in the district. […]
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