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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Cancers Proliferate in UP Villages, Industries Safe -Rahat Touhid

Cancers Proliferate in UP Villages, Industries Safe -Rahat Touhid

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published Published on Mar 25, 2022   modified Modified on Mar 26, 2022

-TheCitizen.in

Eight years on

GANGNAULI: On the banks of the Krishna river, in the Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh, toxic chemicals discharged by nearby industrial units have turned the drinking water of villages around the river poisonous. This toxic river might be the reason for life threatening diseases like cancer, hepatitis, paralysis, mental illness and congenital bone deformities prevalent among people here.

Back in 2014, former Haryana Pollution Control Board scientist Dr Chandraveer Singh brought the situation to light and upon testing the waters of the river hazardous metals such as lead, mercury, zinc and manganese were found in high concentrations. Later that year the Prime Minister’s Office reportedly demanded a “quick investigation” into alleged deaths caused by drinking from the poisoned river.

“Polluted water from the river has seeped into the groundwater and contaminated it,” says Satyendra Choudhary, a resident of the village and cancer survivor, eight years later.

Gangnauli residents say these harmful chemical effluents are discharged directly into the river mainly from three entities - the sugarcane mills in Shamli, the paper mills in Sikka Silawar, and the government run slaughterhouses in Karo Babri - which are polluting the river beyond healing.

The state government has largely ignored a slew of orders and reprimands from the National Green Tribunal over the years, and having failed to provide safe water to most villages here it has also taken no action against the industries which continue to pollute the river and its groundwater.

According to village pradhan Devendra Choudhary, “There have been many cases of cancer and hepatitis c among adults, and many children are being born with deformities or some kind of mental disorders. The authorities are not paying any heed to our problems because we have a very small voter list.”

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TheCitizen.in, 25 March, 2022, https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/13/21638/Cancers-Proliferate-in-UP-Villages-Industries-Safe?fbclid=IwAR0FJM1Zk1aFnBTPBH4oxxQ20PY0Ws8gm8afHvOb-DuKjI3YFo-mU-oIKPc


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