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With groundwater unfit, hand pumps their sole supply line [1]

Residents of over 40 villages in Valtoha and Bhikhiwind blocks of the district are forced to fetch water from hand pumps installed outside their villages as groundwater in this area has been render

Publication Date: 
19/04/2013
Tribune (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Punjab [3], Tarn Taran [4], Groundwater [5], Drinking Water [6], Water Supply [7], Heavy Metals [8], Uranium [9]
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