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Punjab's Malwa Region Battling With Environment-related Health Problems
October 06, 2007 at 6:31 PM
Indian Health News
The green revolution of the 1970s that brought a windfall to the farmers in terms of prosperity is now revealing its sorry side-effects -- large-scale environmental degradation with the strong chemical pesticides having led to contamination of water bodies, food and air, says Kheti Virasat Mission (KVM), a non-governmental organisation working in the area.
"Punjab is in great danger. It is only when you go to the villages that you realise how much the environmental pollution has affected the people there. In the Malwa region, you will get to see girls and boys as young as nine years with greying hair, signifying that ageing is setting in early. There are five to 10 cancer cases in each village, plus numerous other health problems," KVM head Umendra Dutt told IANS.
According to Dutt, the total dissolved salts (TDS) in the water bodies is much higher than permissible levels, forcing women and schoolchildren to spend valuable time in fetching potable water from approved sources.
"The water is not fit to be given even to animals. The high toxicity in the environment has affected the cattle too. Their milk yields have gone down, and like the humans there they have developed bone problems. They do not walk properly and the cows are not conceiving properly."
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