Residents of Bantlapalli in Atmakur mandal of Nellore district have been facing severe drinking water problem for the last few years. The village has 500 people and residents suffer from kidney and skin diseases, many becoming disabled as the water available in the village has high quantity of fluoride content. People who are in their 40s have aged and doctors have been advising them to leave the village instead of going for treatment. People have to walk nearly 1.5 kms to the adjacent Khansahebpet village of Marripadu mandal to fetch drinking water.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/village-hit-fluoride-water
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-chronicle-hyderabad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-quality
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fluoride
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water-standards
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water-scarcity
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/skin-diseases
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nellore-d
