Fluoride in water, drinking water supply, irrigation waters and railway doubling works are some of the key issues that matter in Nalgonda Lok Sabha constituency, currently represented by Gutta Sukhendhar Reddy of Congress party. Safe drinking water is the main issue in the district that remains unresolved and people of the district are now expecting […]
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Water from Hogenakkal scheme yet to reach many habitations: DMK
The Rs. 1,928.80-crore Hogenakkal Drinking Water Fluorosis Mitigation Scheme, assisted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is yet to reach many rural and semi urban habitations in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts, said the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam here on Friday. In a statement issued here, T. Senguttuvan, party district secretary and Veppanahalli MLA, said that […]
Advi village: A Clean Solution for Pure Water
A population of 452 was merely a number for Reshma Dai. In December 2011, as the Sarpanch of Advi village in Madhya Pradesh, she knocked on every door to inform her fellow villagers of how the newly installed water purification plant could save their children from fatal health problems. It took her three days, but […]
Chemicals like fluoride in toothpaste may be eroding child IQs: disputed study
Paris: Two public health experts warned on Saturday about the stunting effects that a wide array of industrial chemicals, including toothpaste ingredient fluoride, may be having on child brain development, in a report some called alarmist. The pair, Philippe Grandjean of the Harvard School of Public Health and Philip Landrigan from New York’s Icahn School […]
Of tea, coffee and commerce
Doctors usually advise against the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, coffee and tea. But a patient asked me during consultation: “How many cups of tea should I give my kids each day?” Before I could comprehend what he was saying, he waved a copy of The Hindu (Oct. 10, 2013, Coimbatore edition), which quoted an official […]
Call to set up task force for fluorosis
GUWAHATI – The Fluoride Knowledge and Action Network, a network of physicians, nutritional scientists and water engineers working for fluorosis mitigation in the country, has suggested steps to ensure safe drinking water supply to the people living in the fluorosis-hit pockets of the State. The State Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) needs to be involved […]
NHRC orders Odisha Pollution Control Board to take action on crops damaged by Hindalco
The National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) has directed to State Pollution control board to take appropriate action on crops damaged by Hindalco Industries Limited in Odisha. Acting on a complaint of rights activist Akhand of India Media Centre, the commission ordered an action within eight weeks. According to the petitioner, every year Standing crops in thousands […]
An Indian tale of ‘twisted’ existence
Fluoride-contaminated water debilitates hundreds in Indian district. Thirty-three-year-old Amshala Swami is taken care of like a child. He can neither walk nor do things himself. He sits in one place and stares at the ceiling or at people walking on the streets. Swami is not alone in his plight. In Sivannagudem, a village just 70km […]
‘Potable’ water in 78 villages unfit to drink
ALLAHABAD: In an alarming revelation, the ‘potable’ water of 78 villages in trans-Ganga and Yamuna areas of the district was found to contain high levels of harmful substances like fluoride, iron, titanium and nitrates during a water testing exercise. The testing was conducted by the department of rural development in 1,426 villages across 20 blocks […]
Tribunal Award Turns Veligonda Dry
The future of the proposed ayacut [area served] under Pula Subbaiah Veligonda project looks bleak in the wake of the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal’s verdict on Krishna river water distribution. Veligonda project is aimed to supply irrigation water to 4.38 lakh [400,380] acres of farmlands and drinking water to 15 [1,500,00] lakh population of Prakasam, Nellore […]