Unsafe Drinking Water

Over 3.6 crore people living in more than 63,000 rural areas are exposed to health hazards due to drinking water quality problems like excess arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity or nitrate.

India has made great strides to improve hygiene and public health, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said while lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "breaking taboos" by making sanitation a national priority.

Bangladesh is facing a major drinking-water crisis. Wells in Bangladesh delivering water with high levels of arsenic in it are in many cases used unnecessarily. According to a recent study, researchers report that in their study area other tube wells nearby were safe and could be used instead.

Over 3.6 crore people living in more than 63,000 rural areas are exposed to health hazards due to drinking water quality problems like excess arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity or nitrate.

India has made great strides to improve hygiene and public health, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said while lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "breaking taboos" by making sanitation a national priority.

Bangladesh is facing a major drinking-water crisis. Wells in Bangladesh delivering water with high levels of arsenic in it are in many cases used unnecessarily. According to a recent study, researchers report that in their study area other tube wells nearby were safe and could be used instead.