Edition-2
Recently, a survey revealed by the School of Environment Studies, Jadavpur University that 78 wards of Kolkata municipality is under the Arsenic pollution. Out of this 78 ward, 32 wards contain Arsenic percentage dangerously greater than 50 micrograms/liter, which is more than tolerance level of West Bengal Govt. & far more than the World Health Organization (WHO), where the level is 10 micrograms for one liter.
Recently two people died from Arsenic contamination in drinking water at south Kolkata. However, there was no reaction among the administration or NGOs. Still today, Kolkata (one of metropolitan city in India) whole population did not receive processed Ganges water. A good percentage pf people are totally depends on tube well or ground water, from were the heavy metal enters into human body.
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