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Nalco ‘in dock’ over toxic gas leakage
ANGUL, Sept. 16. — Once again, the mini-ratna National Aluminium Company is ‘in the dock’ in the wake of accusations by its peripheral villages of toxic gas leakage from the smelter plant here on Monday last. The agitating villagers of Tulasipal, Languliabeda met the Angul collector on Wednesday and complained against Nalco for releasing toxic […]
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Nalco plant: Experts to study crop damage
BHUBANESWAR: A multi-disciplinary team with experts from the fields of process technology, atmospheric physics and chemistry, meteorology and agriculture will study the reason behind crop damage around Nalco smelter plant at Angul, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik informed the Assembly on Friday. Replying to a calling attention notice on alleged leakage of poisonous gas from the […]
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Potable water as thirst choice
Women collect water from a roadside municipality tap at Sagalipara, on the outskirts of Guwahati. Picture by UB Photos Sustainable solutions to drinking water contamination, such as rainwater harvesting, are urgently needed Hundreds of villages on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra in central Assam are affected today by fluoride contamination of water sources. The […]
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S. Delhi villages hit by fluorosis
NEW DELHI, India, May 19 — SEVEN VILLAGES in south Delhi have been affected by fluorosis because of contaminated underground water, according to a study done by Fluorosis Research and Rural Development Foundation. The report has revealed the presence of 32.0 mg of fluoride per litre in underground water used for drinking purposes in these […]
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Heat, fluoride makes life miserable
GULBARGA: Life in Gulbarga has become unbearable in the scorching summer heat and drinking water contaminated with fluoride. More than 322 villages in the district are supplied water with a high flouride content. This is the only source of water for more than 25 per cent villages in the district. People are unaware of the […]
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Orissa villagers demand shutdown of polluting NALCO plant
[India News]: Anngal (Orissa), Mar.18 : Residents of several villages in Orissa’s Anngal district have launched a series of protests in the area over the hardships that they are facing due to the pollution coming out from a factory run by the public sector National Aluminum Company (NALCO). Residents of at least five villages adjoining […]
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‘Prevent fluorosis through nutrition’
Tamilnadu is one of the 17 States in the country grappling with the ‘fluoride problem,’ according to K P Anbazhagan, Minister for Information and Publicity and Local Administration. Inaugurating a national workshop on ‘Nutritional Effects on Fluorosis’, here yesterday, he said, excessive fluoride content in water resulted in different types of fluorosis. ‘Fluoride affects teeth […]
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AP Water Project For Fluoride-hit Districts
In an effort to provide safe drinking water to the fluoride-affected villages in the state, the Andhra Pradesh government has announced a Rs 600-crore water supply project. “We will somehow augment the required finance to implement the project,” Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy said at a seminar on `sustainable policy initiatives on fluorosis’ […]
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AP govt promises funds for removing fluoride from water
Andhra Pradesh government would mobilize Rs 600 crore for providing safe drinking water for the fluoride-affected villages across the state, Chief Minister YS Rajasekhar Reddy said on Friday. “We are determined to pool in the required funds for taking up permanent measures to tackle fluorosis problem,” Reddy said while inaugurating a seminar on `Sustainable Policy […]
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Increased threat of fluorosis in Delhi
NEW DELHI: With one-third of Delhi’s groundwater laced with excessive fluorides, the number of people falling prey to fluoride poisoning is increasing. The problem has been detected in large parts of west Delhi including Dwarka sector 8, Poothkalan (near Rohini), Nangloi, Kakrola, Dichau and Rajouri Garden. Even areas such as Kanjhawla, Pragati Vihar and Nizamuddin […]
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