Arsenic Pollution Grips a Village in Rangpur
Rangpur Correspondent
Rangpur, 15 April, 2017 : Choto Pakuri in Pirganj thana under Rangpur district has been affected by poisonous water of arsenic. When this reporter visited this remote village, he found people of all ages seriously affected by this poison.
A village with a population of 300 had only three tubewells and the water was arsenic affected. When asked, the villagers said that they had heard about the arsenic water. But they were unaware that such poison has hit their village. An NGO had already collected the water sample and confirmed that the tubewell water is arsenic polluted. But little has been done so far by the local Govt. The villagers immediately need fresh drinking water and adequate treatment. Most of the residents of the village were found with incurable sore in their palms and feet.
The local authority should wake up immediately and send medical team to the village to control the situation and provide medical care and fresh drinking water before it is too late.
