Arsenic pollution grips a village in Rangpur

Rangpur Correspondence

Rangpur, 20th February, 2015:

Choto  Pukuri 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 3000 had only three tube wells and the water was arsenic affected.. When asked, the villagers said that they have heard about the arsenic water. But they unaware that such poison has hit their village. An NGO had already collected the water sample and confirmed that the tube will 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 assess the situation and provide medical care and fresh drinking water before it is too late.