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Poisoned waters of BIHAR
About 203 districts in 20 states of the country are affected with fluoride contamination. Around 66.62 million people in these states (six million children below the age of 14) live under this ominous shadow From time immemorial, Ganga enters Bihar at Chosa (Buxar), flowing through villages of 12 districts and 52 blocks, defining two distinct […]
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Tamil Nadu: Village in Dindigul gets water under Swajaldhara project
All the 2,150 residents of K. Ramanathapuram village in Dindigul district are now getting good quality drinking water, thanks to effective community participation and the implementation of the Central government’s Swajaldhara project. This remote village has two bore wells and an overhead tank. But the ground water is not potable. Kidney ailments and fluorosis are […]
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Orissa: Fluoride contamination, 1,227 villages hit
BHAWANIPATNA, 21 AUG: Certain pockets of the state like Nuapara, Nayagarh, Khurda, Bargarh and Bolangir are prone to health hazards due to high-fluoride contamination in drinking water. Methods like installation of filters in the tube wells will go a long way in containing the disease, opined participants at a workshop here recently. The workshop was […]
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Hyderabad based NGO transforms Punjab villagers’ lives with clean drinking water
Abohar, Aug. 10 : Life of a large number of villagers in Punjab’s Muktsar district has transformed since they have been enabled to have safe drinking water with the initiative of a non-governmental organization here. Till recently, the villagers had to cope up with the contaminated groundwater which had threatened their lives due to water […]
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High chemical content in drinking water causing alarm in Surpur
GULBARGA: The results of the laboratory test of the drinking water samples taken from all the villages in Surpur Taluk (population 3.36 lakhs)in Gulbarga district has some shocking revelations. A large number of drinking water sources contain high levels of harmful arsenic, nitrate and fluoride content. The findings of the detailed laboratory tests conducted at […]
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Water in all Rajasthan districts fluoride-affected
New Delhi, July 28. Government is considering change in its funding pattern for habitations affected by excess fluoride in ground water, Rural Development Minister C P Joshi said in the Rajya Sabha. Answering supplementaries regarding the problem in various districts of Rajasthan, he said, many villages in all the 33 districts of the state were […]
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Karnataka; 60% of rural water sources fluoride contaminated
BANGALORE: Nearly 60 per cent of water sources in Karnataka have more than one ppm (parts per million) – the permissible fluoride limit, 20 per cent of them tested positive for nitrate contamination and 38 per cent of them had bacteriological contamination, says a survey report called ASHWAS. ASHWAS is based on a survey of […]
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Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh faces hazards due to contaminated water
ANI: Contaminated water in Karera Block of Madhya Pradeshs Shivpuri district, has posed serious threat to residents health in many villages here. The water contaminated by excessive quantity of fluoride in scores of villages. Though the district administration has set up fluoride filter plants, they hardly function leaving everyone to drink contaminated water. Villagers say […]
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Pollution board slaps show-cause on VAL
SAMBALPUR: Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), Jharsuguda, has been issued with show-cause notice by the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) for violating various sections of water and air pollution Acts. The notice has been issued to CEO and whole-time Director of VAL M Siddiqi after VAL failed to rectify anomalies regarding pollution as pointed out by […]
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Safe drinking water the key in fight against fluorosis
CHENNAI: “When will you give people of this district safe drinking water?” This question will soon be posed by health department officials from across the country to district officials, including collectors, at weekly review meetings. Health department staff in every district have been asked to make this question part of the list of demands at […]
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