Ludhiana: Ghazipur to get arsenic removal plant

LUDHIANA: Relief is in store for Ghazipur village near Khanna in Punjab's Ludhiana district.
With an aim to provide potable water to the residents, work on setting up of an arsenic removal plant has started.
Health experts say that long-term exposure of drinking water and food to arsenic can cause cancer and skin lesions.
It has also been associated with developmental effects, cardiovascular disease, neurotoxicity and diabetes.
Sahil Anand, executive engineer, water supply, Ludhiana, said that the plant — being constructed at a cost of Rs 18 lakh by experts from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras — would be ready by March 31, 2021.

He said that the Punjab government has prepared a comprehensive plan under which arsenic removal plants would be set up in all villages of the state faced with the problem of arsenic in underground water.
Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh had launched ‘Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar Safai’ mission.

This was part of Punjab government’s campaign for 100 per cent potable water supply, besides maintaining cleanliness in all the rural households and schools by March next year.