Outbreak of
Arsenic in Magura
Mabrur Atiqi, Magura, 04 November: The arsenic, the king of slow
poison, has recently taken the village Lalpur of Magura in its grip. Most of
the tube-wells are affected by this poison. As no attempt on the part of the
local government is made to identify, people out of ignorance are drinking
water from those tube-wells.
The
adverse effect of this poison has already taken an epidemic form. Nearly one
hundred people are suffering from incurable sores in the palms of hands and
feet. Many other people, irrespective of children and old people are more or
less affected. Hospital sources said, most of the tube-wells in the village are
carrying arsenic.
As
there is no other source of drinking water, people here are being bound to
drink arsenic-contaminated water of these arsenic affected tube-wells and thus
gradually heading towards death. It is assumed that if the government does not
take immediate measures, the villagers have to face humanitarian disaster
because of arsenic.
Thus, it is high time government took
necessary measures to solve the problem.
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