What should set the alarm bells ringing for the state government is the increasing presence of uranium in the sub-soil water used for drinking and irrigation.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/toxic-metals-water-should-make-govt-sit-says-nuclear-physicist
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sarbjit-dhaliwal
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/tribune-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/punjab
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/who
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhabha-atomic-research-centre-barc
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-pollution
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environmentalists
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects