Shoumojit Banerjee

Ara (Bhojpur): Fears of cameras haunt the Brahmin-dominated village of Simaria-Ojhapatti in Bhojpur district, the hub of arsenic-infested drinking water in Bihar.

The family members of the victims have alleged that the children took ill after drinking the water distributed by a private water tanker early on Friday
Two minor boy succumbed at Safdarjung hospital on Friday evening after consuming water distributed by a private water tanker in a south Delhi locality.

K.Lakshmi and Deepa H Ramakrishnan

CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation is in discussion with the State government to ban the sale of water sachets in the city.

One woman died and at least forty people were taken ill after drinking contaminated water at Lord Narasimhaswamy fair in G Hosahalli in the taluk on Monday.

The victim has been identified as Muddagangamma (62). This incident occurred due to the mixing of the drainage water with the tube well water, claimed Chowdappa Sanjeevappa of G Hosahalli.

College students organise road show, distribute pamphlets and notices

SOCIAL CAUSE:A student of Lady Doak College creating water awareness in Madurai

Mumbai In the expected dry summer ahead, the cause for concern is not just the quantity of water but its quality, too. The number of complaints of water contamination from January to March is 30 per cent higher than the number for the same period last year, according to BMC data.

Between January and March this year, the BMC

RASHME SEHGAL
NEW DELHI

A Large section of the nine million children below the age of 14 working in the mining industry suffer from health disorders.

A study on the impact of mining on children undertaken by HAQ: Centre for Child Rights, Samata and

March 30: Ineffective garbage management by Warangal Municipal Corporation (WMC) is adversely affecting the quality of drinking water in a few places as harmful chemicals like chromium and lead are said to have been found in excess quantity well above World Health Organisation (WHO) specifications.

Sangeetha Samuel

Like many wards in the City, now preparing for the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) elections, the erstwhile Frazer Town, now renamed as Pulakeshinagar, is also plagued by acute water crisis.

Sayantani Kar / Mumbai January 12, 2010, 0:37 IST

Ramesh Chauhan