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No fluorosis case in Nalgonda in last six years, says Harish Rao
Hyderabad: Mission Bhagiratha and Mission Kakatiya started yielding fruits and realising the dreams of scores of people in Telangana. While Mission Bhagiratha put an end to fluorosis woes in erstwhile Nalgonda district, Mission Kakatiya stabilised about 15 lakh acres ayacut, besides increasing groundwater levels. Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Sunday cited a report by […]
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School going sisters from Subarnapur write letter to PM Modi, seek his intervention
Amarpali: Two school going daughters of Pranabandhu Sahu of Amarpali village of Bahalpadar panchayat under Biramaharajpur block in Subarnapur district have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, drawing his attention to the fact that their village has many patients suffering from kidney related diseases due to fluoride-rich drinking water. They have also requested […]
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Experts Ask Sonbhadra’s Residents to Avoid Drinking Water Due to Fluoride Contamination
The fluoride contamination in the water from the area is close to ten times above permissible limits. Residents suffer from a variety of illnesses as a result. Water with ash from Obra powerplant being drained in Karuna river. PC Saurabh Sharma Fifty-three-year-old Vijay Kumar Sharma has been bed-ridden for five years after his lower […]
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Coming soon — govt lab in every district where you can test your water supply for toxins
Under the Har Ghar Nal Se Jal scheme, all states will have to establish water testing laboratories at all levels — state, districts and blocks. New Delhi: You will soon be able to walk to a government accredited laboratory near you with a sample of your tap water, and get it tested to ensure it […]
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Delhi’s 9 districts had contaminated water in 2019: Jal Shakti Minister
The National capital had tough times dealing with its water issues already and an add on is the data released by the Ministry of Jal Shakti in Rajya Sabha on March 2 stating that about nine districts in the national capital had contaminated groundwater in 2019. As per the report, parts of Haryana, Rajasthan and […]
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Madhya Pradesh’s ‘fluoride warriors’ unleash citizen science to empower community
Social science students in Madhya Pradesh are documenting excess fluoride in water points through a citizen science approach led by Columbia University researchers and local partners using smartphones and potable fluoride detection kits. Madhya Pradesh is one of the 19 Indian states severely affected by high fluoride content in drinking water. Long-term ingestion of large […]
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Gold in Uttar Pradesh: 269 villages here are afflicted by fluorosis caused by air and water pollution
Despite the intervention of the National Green Authority (NGT), the state government or district administration has not taken any effective steps. Fluorosis water pollution Sonbhadra: Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh was in news for gold reserves, but about 10,000 villagers of 269 villages here have become disabled due to fluorosis reportedly caused by air and […]
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Just 60% Punjab groundwater fit for use
Chandigarh, February 17. Almost half of the groundwater in Punjab is unsafe and contaminated with hazardous chemicals, heavy metals and radioactive material. And in the absence of any remedial steps by the government, the remaining safe groundwater is depleting at a rapid pace. These facts have come to the fore in the first-ever audit report […]
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‘Reducing Access To Water-Related Data Is A Regressive Move’
Bengaluru: Over the next five years, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government will invest Rs 3.6 lakh crore ($49 billion) in the ongoing Jal Jeevan Mission (‘water for life’ mission, JJM), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in the budget released on February 1, 2020. JJM has been allocated Rs 11,500 crore ($1.6 billion) for 2020-21. The […]
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Aluminium Association of India Seeks Reduction in Customs Duty on Input Materials
Indian aluminium industry has urged the government to reduce the basic customs duty on critical raw materials like aluminium fluoride, stating that high import duties are a huge disadvantage as they make Indian finished goods costlier and uncompetitive in the international markets. Aluminium Association of India said “To improve the cost structure of the Indian […]
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