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Protests over tainted water [1]

The civic body on Tuesday claimed that overflowing drains and use of mono-block (household) pumps in illegal buildings had caused the outbreak of diarrhoea in Garden Reach, while residents continued to protest water contamination in the area.

A four-year-old girl had died on Monday, allegedly after drinking water contaminated with sewage.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2009
Telegraph (Kolkata) [2]
Tags:
Water Quality [3], Waterborne diseases [4], Sewage Pollution [5], Diarrhoea [6], West Bengal [7], Calcutta (D) [8]
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