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Nal Jal Yojna Failed to Provide Safe Water Supply in MP’s Dhilwar Village
Three years since the launch of Nal Jal Yojna in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhilwar village, 355 families are still accessing water from one tap.
A Community’s Decade Long Struggle for Water in West Bengal
North Bengal suffers from an acute water shortage and from water contamination but both the government and the tea industry have been slow to act.
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Rural Water Supply: The Devil is in the Details
The National Rural Drinking Water Programme seems to be meeting its targets but the quality of service is questionable, putting rural households at high risk.
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Bihar Government’s Blindspot on the Arsenic Poisoning Map
Alarming groundwater arsenic levels are spelling a death sentence in Bihar. In West Champaran, where the arsenic levels are higher than the accepted levels, there is neither prevention or cure.
50 million affected by Arsenic Poisoning in West Bengal
As rural West Bengal’s residents die of poisoning, the local administration claims they have no knowledge of the problem in the area Everyday Jahema Bewa has to trudge miles through muddy fields to get drinking water. While there are deep tubewells in her village, Jahema and others in her village...
Free From Fluorosis
In July 2012 IndiaUnheard published a video from rural Gujarat which documented how people in Kasipara village were suffering from Fluorosis an ailment that could easily be avoided. Says Impact Manager Tania Devaiah "This was one of those videos which moved people to take action." Over 2300 people signed an...