Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajat Verma Vs Member Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 07/03/2025. The matter related to chromium dumps at Rania, Kanpur Dehat, Rakhi Mandi, Kanpur Nagar and Fatehpur. Amicus Curiae in the earlier proceedings had pointed out that …
Vijayawada, May 31: The minister for rural water supply, Mr Pinepi Viswarup, said that the state government would spend Rs 10,000 crore to solve the drinking water problem in the next four years. Speaking to reporters in Machilipatnam on Monday, he said the government is also planning to supply protected …
Anaemia in pregnancy and low birth weight babies, a serious public health problem, troubles India and several other nations. This article reports the results of a approach to address the issue. Women up to 20 week pregnancy with haemoglobin (Hb) 9.0 g/dl or less, those with urinary fluoride beyond 1.0 …
Lehra Gaga (Sangrur): With mercury continuing to rise every passing day, residents of Lehra Gaga in Sangrur district are grappling with water shortage.Locals say not only are they face water shortage every 2-3 months, especially during summer, but even when the water is supplied, it is laden with high fluoride …
With more than 1.51 lakh habitations being affected by contaminated water and over 38 per cent of the rural population defecating in the open, the Centre will review the implementation of related development schemes with Rural Development Secretaries of the States and Union Territories during a two-day conference beginning in …
In this latest report CGWB summarizes various aspects of ground water quality in shallow aquifers in the country with special reference to six parameters viz. salinity, chloride, arsenic, fluoride, iron and nitrate. Maps demarcating water quality
This report by ACWADAM is a synopsis of the hydrogeological study carried out for Bird-K in Pavagada, Sira and Bagepalli areas, Tumkur District, Karnataka. The study aimed at an impact analysis of recharge through borewells as well as suggesting new sites for the same. The principle objectives of the study …
DC directs PPCB to investigate matter Awakening to the grave issue of dumping of highly toxic industrial ash in the rural belt as highlighted in The Tribune columns, Deputy Commissioner Kahan Singh Pannu today held meeting with Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) authorities and directed to investigate the problem. It …
Ahmedabad: Consumer Education and Research Centre tested 18 variants of eight brands of toothpastes and found most of them flouting norms of warning about fluoride content, even in the toothpastes meant for children. Of the variants tested, 15 were for adults and three for children. In the fluoridated toothpaste category, …
This review presents removal of three major anionic contaminants (arsenic, phosphate and fluoride) in water by adsorption/precipitation method using both synthetic and natural materials. A discussion is also made on interfering co-radicals (silicate, sulphate, nitrate, bicarbonate, chloride, etc.)
An investigation was undertaken in 10 villages (28 samples) of Basavan-Bagewadi taluka and 11 villages (38 samples) of Muddebihal taluka of Bijapur district to assess fluoride and other physicochemical parameters. And also to assess the clinical symptoms like dental and skeletal fluorosis, joint pains and gastrointestinal diseases and to find …
A Unicef report has shown high levels fluoride in groundwater sources in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri A new report has confirmed the unacceptably high fluoride content in groundwater sources in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts. The Hogenakkal drinking water scheme was conceived over 40 years ago to specifically address this problem in …
Iron, Fluoride, Salinity, Arsenic Beyond Tolerance Levels In Many Districts: Govt New Delhi: Groundwater in more than a third of Indian districts is not fit for drinking. The government, in reply to a parliamentary question, admitted that iron levels in ground water are higher than those prescribed in 254 districts …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to spend Rs 271 crore on rural water supply scheme to avert crisis during summer which will be dry and harsh, according to forecast. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik reviewed the situation at a high-level meeting here where it was decided that 21 rural drinking …
Kinnow growers in Abohar have been forced to switch to cultivating vegetables; houses in villages have developed cracks The problem of rising levels of groundwater in Abohar has become a cause of concern. Thousands of residents as well as area under cultivation in 150 villages have been affected. Many have …
There is talk of a new generation of filmmakers in Mumbai sensitive to the realities of an India that popular cinema has left untouched till now. Health conditions have recently found their way into film scripts. Diseases like Asperger syndrome, dyslexia and anterograde amnesia have featured in popular films— My …
Pabani Pradhan, 42, looks 60. She can’t walk on her own. Joginath Pradhan, 60, Pabani’s neighbour, uses crutches. Sukant, 24, the sole breadwinner of a family of six, cannot move out of the village to fit tiles in people’s houses any more because his body has become stiff. Fluorosis has …
The people of Bagepalli taluk consuming drinking water with high flouride content are falling victims to fluorosis expressed former president of Bagepalli Taluk Panchayat Chinnaramireddy and former member of the Bagepalli Taluk Panchayat Sudhakar Reddy. Speaking to mediapersons at a press meet organised here on recently, they said, in order …
Physico-chemical analysis of ground water of Sambhar lake city and its adjoining area block, was performed to have a clear picture of water quality so that remedial measure could be worked for fluoride higher than 6 mg/lit may cause osteoporsis and fluorosis. High nitrate is alarming as it indicates possibility …
Physico-chemical analysis of ground water of Sambhar lake city and its adjoining area block, was performed to have a clear picture of water quality so that remedial measure could be worked for fluoride higher than 6 mg/lit may cause osteoporsis and fluorosis. High nitrate is alarming as it indicates possibility …
An epidemiological survey was conducted in 21 panchayats of Keezhapavoor block, Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. The villagers and school children revealed the prevalence of dental and skeletol fluorosis. The samples were also chemically analyzed for their water quality parameters.
