Abjure groundwater, prudent surface water use can solve drinking water and irrigation problems

The government refuses to acknowledge that arsenic menace has a spread

The extent of arsenic contamination now includes several states in India

How, and where, does arsenic contaminate groundwater? The theories differ

Every problem has a solution

But they may take time to resolve the arsenic crisis

Exactly how widespread is the presence of poisonous arsenic in the groundwater that Indians drink? In Delhi, a doctor s phone call propels Down To Earth to visit Uttar Pradesh s Ballia district. 950 kilometres away from the country s capital, we fo