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PM Modi launches ‘Catch the Rain’ campaign
Says MGNREGA funds be spent for rain water conservation Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a 100-day ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain’ campaign on World Water Day via video conferencing and pitched for leadership roles to women with regard to water management. Also he witnessed signing of Memorandum of Understanding between the chief ministers […]
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India: There are 6,061 arsenic-affected and 4,592 fluoride-affected human habitations in the country
Synopsis. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said of the 6,061 arsenic-affected habitations, more than half or 3,115 are in West Bengal, followed by 2,291 in Assam, 385 in Bihar and 222 in Uttar Pradesh. There are 6,061 arsenic-affected and 4,592 fluoride-affected human habitations […]
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In Telangana State the fluoride problem has been eradicated
Excerpt: Mission Bhagiratha Mission Bhagiratha scheme completely put an end to the drinking water problem faced by the people for decades. The scheme has become a model for the entire country to follow and emulate. The Central Jal Sakti Mission has recently declared that Telangana State is the one and only State in the country […]
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Odisha CM: More than 1000 Fluoride Removal Plants have been installed in Nuapada
Drought prone Nuapada district will transform into a agriculturally rich region noted CM Naveen Patnaik while inaugurating the mega Lower Indra irrigation project today. The much delayed project has taken over two decades for completion. The CM inaugurated and laid foundation stones for projects worth Rs 4000 crore in the district and recalled legendary Biju […]
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Radhika Iyengar Tackles Educational Inequalities in Developing Countries
This story is part of a series celebrating the work of women at the Earth Institute, in honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021. Read more about the day and our related blog posts here. Radhika Iyengar began her career as a library teacher in a Delhi slum while she worked at a […]
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Groundwater near Panipat refinery unfit for drinking
Fluoride, uranium above prescribed limit Panipat, January 9 The groundwater in villages adjoining Indian Oil Corporation Limited refinery here has been found unfit for drinking, according to a survey by the Central Ground Water Board. The pH value of water was not found up to the mark at certain places while heavy metals — iron, […]
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Sulfuryl Fluoride: Illegal use in Rice Export
Note from Fluoride Action Network The brain is the main target of Sulfuryl fluoride. Structural Formula of Sulfuryl Fluoride: Can sulfural floride be used as a fumigant for fumigation of export containers of rice? The answer is a big NO. Interestingly, its use has increased as a replacement for methyl bromide, which was phased out because of harm to […]
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Fluoride Geochemistry and Exposure Risk Through Groundwater Sources in Northeastern Parts of Rajasthan, India
Abstract Exposure to fluoride concentrations above a threshold of 1.5 mg/L can cause joint pains, restricted mobility, skeletal and dental fluorosis. This study aims to determine the hydrochemical evolution of the fluoride-rich groundwater and estimate the risk of fluoride exposure to the residents of semi-arid northeastern part of Rajasthan, India. The methodology involves measurement of fluoride […]
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Fluoride in water cripples many, Agra village residents rue apathy
Agra, Dec 29 (IANS): Amid all talks of development in India in the 21 century, hundreds of residents of Pachgai Patti village — just a few kilometres from the iconic 17th century monument of love, Taj Mahal — are still forced to lead the lives of cripples in the absence of safe potable drinking water. […]
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People of Golaghat facing drinking water problem
GOLAGHAT: The people of Golaghat are facing a serious problem of pure drinking water. Both in rural and urban areas, people are not getting pure drinking water. Out of around 13,000 families in Golaghat municipal area, only 2,000 families are getting water supply from the Golaghat Municipal Board and most of these families get very […]
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