'The drinking water in Kalpitiya has been polluted with the mixing of nitrate and nitrate and it will affect the health of the children who will be born in the future.' This was revealed by A. H. M. Azwer, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and chairman District Development Council at a meeting of the DDC held recently. Minister Azwer said that geologists and medical experts pointed out that the water has been polluted because of the mixing of 'nitrate' and 'nitrate'. The reason was the pattern of agricultural cultivation adopted in the area. It was further revealed that 74 per cent of the 225 infants who faced a survey that the percentage of the 'haemoglobin' in the blood has been increased and as a result of this, there will be childbirths with deformity.