PATIALA: Tube wells installed for supplying ingesting water in in some 1,500 villages throughout Punjab have started yielding water laced with heavy metals because of rapid depleting underground water ranges, placing folks’s well being at risk. Captain Amarinder Singh’s executive is now mulling installation of opposite osmosis techniques for piped water supply in the affected spaces to stop a well being crisis in the state.
The midterm assessment of World Bank-sponsored project for simple accessibility of potable water throughout Punjab has printed troubling information on the presence of heavy metals in underground water being supplied for ingesting in 1,971 villages out of overall 12,581 villages in the state. According to the file, ingesting water supply in 1,429 villages used to be found to be laced with heavy metals beyond the permissible limit.
Random investigations carried out through the state’s water and sanitation department have printed the presence of heavy metals like uranium, arsenic, aluminum, lead, selenium, mercury, fluoride, cadmium and nickel. Heavy metals been found within the permissible limits in about 400 villages, however test experiences in almost 1,500 villages show the presence of heavy metals which can lead to critical well being implications for folks consuming this water day-to-day.
Arsenic, lead, aluminum and fluoride had been found beyond permissible limit in the tube wells of 82 villages in Amritsar district.
89 Ferozepur villages found infected
Uranium used to be found found in water in all 11 villages surveyed in Bathinda district. Water samples of 51 villages in Fatehgarh Sahib have been found to have traces of uranium, fluoride, selenium and nickel.
Similarly, traces of uranium, fluoride and aluminum have been present in water samples of 22 villages in Fazilka.
In 89 villages of Ferozepur, the investigators detected uranium, lead, aluminum and selenium. The file states that 206 villages of Gurdaspur have been ingesting water that had high ranges of lead.
Most of the water samples examined in 150 villages of Hoshiarpur district printed traces of chromium and samples of water from 165 villages in Jalandhar district confirmed high ranges of lead and selenium and a few even had nickel and aluminum. According to Sukhminder Singh, the superintending engineer of Punjab’s water and sanitation department, ingesting water sourced from canals is provided in parts of Bathinda, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Muktsar, Mansa, Fazilka, Abhor and Moga districts. Mohali and parts of Anandpur Sahib get ingesting water from the Bhakra canal which also supplies water to Chandigarh.
The rest of the state, alternatively, depends upon the tube wells for ingesting water and common monitoring of its quality is of utmost importance, he added.
Ashwani Kumar, particular secretary and head of department of water and sanitation, may just not be contacted for his comments on the issue.
However, a senior professional in his department stated on the foundation of the latest file concerning the quality of the underground water, the Punjab executive used to be now planning to recommend installation of opposite osmosis (RO) techniques in the villages the place the heavy metals weren't within the permissible limits in ingesting water.
The midterm assessment of World Bank-sponsored project for simple accessibility of potable water throughout Punjab has printed troubling information on the presence of heavy metals in underground water being supplied for ingesting in 1,971 villages out of overall 12,581 villages in the state. According to the file, ingesting water supply in 1,429 villages used to be found to be laced with heavy metals beyond the permissible limit.
Random investigations carried out through the state’s water and sanitation department have printed the presence of heavy metals like uranium, arsenic, aluminum, lead, selenium, mercury, fluoride, cadmium and nickel. Heavy metals been found within the permissible limits in about 400 villages, however test experiences in almost 1,500 villages show the presence of heavy metals which can lead to critical well being implications for folks consuming this water day-to-day.
Arsenic, lead, aluminum and fluoride had been found beyond permissible limit in the tube wells of 82 villages in Amritsar district.
89 Ferozepur villages found infected
Uranium used to be found found in water in all 11 villages surveyed in Bathinda district. Water samples of 51 villages in Fatehgarh Sahib have been found to have traces of uranium, fluoride, selenium and nickel.
Similarly, traces of uranium, fluoride and aluminum have been present in water samples of 22 villages in Fazilka.
In 89 villages of Ferozepur, the investigators detected uranium, lead, aluminum and selenium. The file states that 206 villages of Gurdaspur have been ingesting water that had high ranges of lead.
Most of the water samples examined in 150 villages of Hoshiarpur district printed traces of chromium and samples of water from 165 villages in Jalandhar district confirmed high ranges of lead and selenium and a few even had nickel and aluminum. According to Sukhminder Singh, the superintending engineer of Punjab’s water and sanitation department, ingesting water sourced from canals is provided in parts of Bathinda, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Muktsar, Mansa, Fazilka, Abhor and Moga districts. Mohali and parts of Anandpur Sahib get ingesting water from the Bhakra canal which also supplies water to Chandigarh.
The rest of the state, alternatively, depends upon the tube wells for ingesting water and common monitoring of its quality is of utmost importance, he added.
Ashwani Kumar, particular secretary and head of department of water and sanitation, may just not be contacted for his comments on the issue.
However, a senior professional in his department stated on the foundation of the latest file concerning the quality of the underground water, the Punjab executive used to be now planning to recommend installation of opposite osmosis (RO) techniques in the villages the place the heavy metals weren't within the permissible limits in ingesting water.
People in 1,500 Punjab villages at risk of chronic illnesses
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