Sindri: State agencies had always promoted the use of hand pumps over village ponds until it was discovered that the hand pump water in Brahmin tola of Gharbar village under Baliapur block of Dhanb

To deal with water scarcity problem in Trans-Yamuna area of the city, the state government has given its nod for deep boring wells even in critical areas where groundwater level has depleted to ala

GHAZIABAD: First it was chromium, now it is arsenic and fluoride that are in excess in groundwater in Ghaziabad, going by an NGO's report.

NASHIK: The water and sanitation department of the zilla parishad has completed 67% testing of the water samples from its sources for the chemical content in them.

The Allahabad High Court has asked the District Magistrate and Chief Medical Officer of Sonbhadra to form a committee to look into the issue of arsenic contamination of drinking water in several vi

GAYA: There is some ray of hope for the victims of physical deformity caused by excessive fluoride content in ground water as the state-level conference of orthopaedic surgeons is being organized i

High fluoride levels in water in 14,132 habitations in 19 States

BHUBANESWAR: Even as fluoride contamination is known to cause a host of health problems in humans, its impact on reproductive system and fertility in the population of the affected districts of Odi