Nalgonda villages under water curse
In Kacharam village, Bhikshapathy looks 70, feels even older because the water he has been drinking since childhood has fluoride content much higher than permissible limits.''People have to buy water but I cannot afford, so don't buy,'' said Bhikshapathy, affected villager. There have been the haunting pictures from over 500 villages of Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh for years now, of people paralysed with crooked bones and deformed teeth.
