The groundwater available in the border areas of Ferozepur district of Punjab is toxic due to water pollutants. This has raised chronic health hazard to children as well the elder ones. Children have to depend on wheelchairs.
Despite of crippling disorders, people loss eye sight, suffer from psoriasis, skin problems, organ failures, cancer, chronic jaundice, mutilation of organs, premature greying of hair and mental disorders.
The most affected areas are Dona Nanaka, Teja Rohella, Mahata Nagar, Jhanger Bhaini and Retewali Bhaini villages. People are coming up with requests to hand over their villages to Pakistan.
The water in the Sutlej river carries blue waters till Nangal in Ropar district. It is polluted by impurities from Ropar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Moga cities of Punjab and also Kasur from Pakistan. These waters carry deadly uranium, lead, mercury, heavy metals and heavy dosage of pesticides. This polluted water reaches the groundwater causing harmful effects on peoples’ health.
Our people and government have developed so much but the environmental pollution still remains as an issue without any solution. Chemical wastes from industries should not be discharged into water bodies which is harmful to both human and aquatic lives.
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