Dirty Drinking Water

There will be likely delay of a year in implementing the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) order banning RO purifiers in areas, where the total dissolved solids or contaminants in water are below 500 milligrams per litre, as the Ministry of Environment and Forests has expressed its inability to complete this exercise due to the coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Nishikant Dubey, BJP lawmaker from Jharkhand, faced flak on social media on Monday, after a video of a party worker in Jharkhand, washing his feet and drinking that dirty water went viral. Mr Dubey defended himself saying those trolling him are unable understand the love supporters have for him.

The water people drink at railway stations may not be fit to drink, an internal report of the Railways submitted to the Delhi High Court earlier this month reveals. The report was prepared after samples collected between January and August this year were tested.

Dalit residents of Ghatwani village in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh -- some 400 km from Bhopal -- have alleged that they are not allowed to use a public borewell and have to drink dirty water of a disused well.

Dirty water and poor sanitation are at the root of problems such as maternal and child mortality, and sexual violence.

Fourteen persons, including six children, were hospitalised after drinking water from three overhead tanks in Railway quarters on Friday. The tanks were infested with rats and snakes.

There will be likely delay of a year in implementing the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) order banning RO purifiers in areas, where the total dissolved solids or contaminants in water are below 500 milligrams per litre, as the Ministry of Environment and Forests has expressed its inability to complete this exercise due to the coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Nishikant Dubey, BJP lawmaker from Jharkhand, faced flak on social media on Monday, after a video of a party worker in Jharkhand, washing his feet and drinking that dirty water went viral. Mr Dubey defended himself saying those trolling him are unable understand the love supporters have for him.

The water people drink at railway stations may not be fit to drink, an internal report of the Railways submitted to the Delhi High Court earlier this month reveals. The report was prepared after samples collected between January and August this year were tested.

Dalit residents of Ghatwani village in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh -- some 400 km from Bhopal -- have alleged that they are not allowed to use a public borewell and have to drink dirty water of a disused well.

Dirty water and poor sanitation are at the root of problems such as maternal and child mortality, and sexual violence.

Fourteen persons, including six children, were hospitalised after drinking water from three overhead tanks in Railway quarters on Friday. The tanks were infested with rats and snakes.