Report by the Central Groundwater Authority in the matter of Suo Moto arsenic found in groundwater in 25 states dated November 18, 2024. When the matter was listed before the NGT, August 7, 2024, wherein CGWA stated that the reports from seven states/UTs namely Maharashtra, Nagaland, Jharkhand, Tripura, Gujarat, Odisha …
Arsenic values in groundwater above the maximum permissible limit of 0.05 mg/l (Indian standards) have been reported from BhagirathiHooghly flood plain region of West Bengal. The present study area Purbasthali I and II blocks in Burdwan district, West Bengal, evolved due to the flood plain forming processes. Many flood plain …
Trivalent chromium occurs naturally in rocks, soil and plants. Cr (VI) is produced when Cr (III) is heated in the presence of mineral bases. Cr (VI) compounds are emitted into the air, water and soil by different industries.
Ranchi, Sept. 20: Chief secretary A.K. Singh has directed the drinking water and sanitation department to ensure that no village affected by fluoride and arsenic problems remains unattended. He asked the officials to immediately initiate the process to seek cabinet approval for administrative sanction regarding execution of water quality improvement …
Jorhat, Aug. 31: A Rs 55.04-crore project will supply purified water of the Brahmaputra to Jorhat homes and wash away fears of arsenic contamination in every gulp. DoNER minister Bijoy K. Handique had announced the project after he took charge of the ministry in May last year. The plan was …
A study of ground water quality in Bathinda, Mansa and Patiala districts of Punjab has been carried out with prime objective to study the geo-genic contamination of ground water by the various major and minor elements including arsenic and fluoride by Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources.
Exposure to inorganic arsenic (As) via drinking water has been linked to increased risk of skin cancer, internal cancers, and cardiovascular disease, and an association between diabetes mellitus and exposure to relatively high concentrations (> 500 ?g/L) of As in drinking water has been reported. However, the risk of diabetes …
Arsenic contamination in groundwater has become alarming in Bagerhat and adjacent areas in recent times. Arsenic related diseases since 2006 claimed 20 lives and affected over a thousand people, a local non-governmental organisation sources said as a survey they conducted since 2006. Bagerhat Civil Surgeon Tapan Kumar Shil said they …
Bathinda: In view of reports of the presence of uranium and other heavy metals besides arsenic in canal and underground water that were causing deadly diseases like cancer, the state government has constituted a five-member committee to formulate methods for sampling these water sources. Principal Secretary, Health, Satish Chandra said …
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The state housing department will construct more houses for people belonging to lower income groups in the hills, the minister for housing and public health engineering, Mr Gautam Deb, said today. He was answering a question raised by Opposition MLAs in the Assembly. Mr Deb said he had asked the …
Millions of people in Uttar Pradesh are drinking water contaminated with traces of cadmium, fluoride, arsenic, nitrates and lead, says a recently released Government report. A report prepared by the Department of Minor Irrigation and Ground water has claimed that groundwater in 49 out of 71 districts of Uttar Pradesh …
Tezpur: Arsenic and fluoride existing in ground water in Assam's Sonitpur district has claimed five lives and caused several others to suffer from related diseases like stomach disorder, kidney and heart problems. Consumption of water poisoned with arsenic and fluoride regularly was suspected to be the cause of five deaths …
The first study to follow people exposed to arsenic in the long term has found that one in five deaths in Bangladesh could be attributed to drinking well water contaminated with the substance. Researchers found that long-term exposure, even to low levels of arsenic, through drinking water increases the mortality …
JORHAT, June 3: An unusually high content of iron in the groundwater of the Northeastern states has posed a serious threat to the people living in this part of the country. It is found that, almost all the states of the region contain iron above the permissible level in drinking …
Although the toxic effects of metals, such as arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury, have been well established for higher level exposures, the demonstration of population-wide harmful effects at lower concentrations has been more difficult. One possible reason for this is that at comparatively lower levels of exposure, only some people …
Groundwater with high geogenic arsenic (As) is extensively present in the Holocene alluvial aquifers of Ghazipur District in the middle Gangetic Plain, India. A shift in the climatic conditions, weathering of carbonate and silicate minerals, surface water interactions, ion exchange, redox processes, and anthropogenic activities are responsible for high concentrations …
The document endeavoring a vision to "Mitigate and Remedy of Groundwater Arsenic Menace in India" gives a detailed outline emphasizing the gaps, focal areas of research, immediate measures to be taken up to provide arsenic safe potable water to the people in the arsenic vulnerable areas, other activities to be …
Groundwater survey in Ghazipur, Varanasi and Mirzapur districts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in Middle Ganga Plain shows that people in these areas are drinking arsenic-contaminated groundwater. Moreover, 60% of tubewells have arsenic concentration above the WHO guideline value of 10 ?g/l and 20% is above 50 ?g/l, the Indian standards …
