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A Chevening fellow’s mission to provide safe drinking water in India
Chevening fellow Suphiya Khan, a Chevening fellow, makes a great fit at Banasthali Vidyapith, India. The associate professor in the department of bioscience and biotechnology has received various awards for her work as a woman in STEM. Her vision is to reverse water scarcity caused by pollution. Fluoride contamination is a crisis that not only […]
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Not just groundwater, fluoride has poisoned agricultural soil, crops in Bengal
Farmers in Bankura and Purulia rely on groundwater, heavily contaminated with flouride, to cultivate crops West Bengal has been grappling with groundwater contamination for decades. About 12 per cent of the population in eight of the state’s 23 districts is impacted by water contaminated by fluoride. The contamination is higher in western parts of the […]
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Crew Complaining About Poor Water Quality? Get It Tested On One-Stop Government Portal
Developed in partnership with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the facility makes one check the test result with just one click while sitting at home. In case any water sample fails the quality test, automated alert is sent to concerned authorities online and then remedial action is taken. Over the years, drinking water contamination […]
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Hydrogeochemistry and Health Risk Assessment of groundwater and surface water in fluoride affected area of Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri District, Telangana State, India
Abstract Water is an indispensable and crucial component of the life sustenance system. According to the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), groundwater in 276 Districts in 20 States is contaminated with Fluoride. Considering the fact that Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district’s majority depend on groundwater for drinking. Fluoride a menace to this source is a cause for concern. […]
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Groundwater Nitrate New Concern For Arsenic-Hit Bengal
Excerpt Nine of the 23 districts in West Bengal suffer from severe arsenic contamination in groundwater and three other districts had reported fluoride contamination. Geographically, arsenic contamination has been found in the districts belonging to the lower Gangetic alluvial plains, while fluoride concentration was found in the southwestern districts that are topographically part of the […]
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Exploring a variance decomposition approach integrated with the Monte Carlo method to evaluate groundwater fluoride exposure on the residents of a typical fluorosis endemic semi-arid tract of India
Highlights F– exceeded its estimated optimum value in drinking water at 98.8% of the study area. Infant and child age groups are more vulnerable to the toxicity of groundwater F–. The estimated optimum F– level in drinking water for the study area is 0.733 mg L-1. F– exposure via direct ingestion route was much higher […]
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Nalgonda rose to the top in paddy production: Jagadish Reddy
Nalgonda district, which rose to the top in paddy production was branded as the district of farmer suicides and hunger deaths of weavers, said Minister Jagadish Reddy Nalgonda: Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy on Monday said Nalgonda district, which remained as a backward district for decades in united Andhra Pradesh, rose to the top in […]
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Pani for Puri: Indian city becomes first to get 24/7 piped clean drinking water
‘Puri has now joined the elite group of international cities like London, New York and Singapore in supplying quality potable water’ Puri, a coastal city in eastern India’s Odisha, has become the first Indian city to get 24/7 clean drinking water (Getty Images) Puri has become the first Indian city to get clean drinking water […]
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Strike by water scheme staff leaves 900 Andhra villages without protected water
The staff of Sathya Sai Drinking Water Scheme have gone on strike to demand the release of their held up salaries of the last 15 months. ANANTAPUR: Nearly 900 villages in the district are being deprived of drinking water supply for the past nine days as the staff of a protected water scheme have been on […]
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Patiala: Treated water supply project expected to be completed by 2023
The construction of water treatment plants and laying of pipeline under the canal-based water supply project coming up at Mandoli, Pabra and Nanowal is expected to complete within the stipulated time as per officials of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (Public Health) Department. The project will supply 6.9 crore litres of safe drinking water […]
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