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A steel wheelchair occupies pride of place in the home of A Swami, a resident of Kottala village in Nalgonda district of Telangana. When you walk into the small two-room dwelling, you immediately see why. Swami is barely a couple of feet tall, with an outsize head and a shrunken body. He contracted fluorosis as […]

HYDERABAD: A water mafia operating in Nalgonda district is preventing people living in fluoride-affected villages from drinking Krishna water though it is being supplied to them. The water mafia mainly comprises those who own and operate reverse osmosis plants to purify borewell water. By spreading information that the Krishna water being supplied is impure, the […]

WASHINGTON, DC: An Indian American was named one of three winners of the Designing Solutions for Poverty challenge organized by University of California Irvine’s Blum Center for Global Engagement, garnering the largest margin of votes along the way. Katya Cherukumilli, an environmental engineering Ph.D. student from UC Berkeley, was awarded first place with her proposal […]

The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) has come forward to set up water plants in fluoride-hit areas of Nalgonda district to supply safe drinking water. At a meeting with district officials here on Monday, IICT scientist S. Chandrasekhar said that they have come up with modern technology to supply safe drinking water in the […]

Officials told to identify nearest water sources and carry out a survey for pipeline connectivity Schedule mooted to review the progress of the project Hyderabad: The fluoride-affected areas of Nalgonda and parched places of Mahabubnagar districts will be the first beneficiaries of the prestigious Telangana Drinking Water Grid project. Telangana Panchayat Raj Minister K Tarakarama […]

GUWAHATI – Experts taking part in an awareness function here today called for a thorough survey to determine the health of the groundwater reserve of the city and steps to keep a constant watch on it. They also laid emphasis on depending on surface water to meet the water demands of the city and making […]

GUWAHATI – It is good news. Fluorosis in a number of children is being cured by a group of social activists with the use of safe drinking water and low-cost micronutrients, spending only around Rs 2 per head per day, in a remote area of the State. Significantly, Government healthcare facilities have remained mostly inaccessible […]

KOLKATA: The reverse-osmosis water purifier at home seems to be a benign invention, allowing people to drink clean, healthy water. But now scientists are warning that rampant use of the RO technology could pose a serious threat to public health. One of the most popular water purifying technologies in India, the RO process is efficient […]

Chandrapur: The latest report of the Groundwater Survey and Development Agency (GSDA) has revealed the grim status of groundwater pollution in the district. While fluoride pollution remains the persistent problem, alarming rise in nitrate level in groundwater is disturbing. The health department and GSDA carried out joint survey of water sources in district between November […]

About 993 villages in Odisha’s Nuapada and Kalahandi districts will soon get fluoride free water. A mega drinking water supply project will be executed by the Rural Development department of the state government for the purpose at an estimated cost of Rs 750 crore [$15 billion] with assistance from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural […]