Tube Well Water Tests Reveal Uranium Contamination In Bathinda District Of Punjab

[genie]

Uranium content in Bathinda water High

Anjali Singh Deswal

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, April 9 2009

Guru Nanak Dev University has claimed that high uranium content have been found in water samples collected from Bathinda and its suburbs and it is the main reason of a high incidence of cancer among local people.

Sources from university’s department of physics told The Tribune today that high uranium content had been found in samples taken from tube-wells and hand-pumps.

Dr Surinder Singh, senior professor of physics, said they tested water for uranium content and other metals seeing the increasing number of cancer patients in this area. Kidney cancer, lung cancer, retarded development in children and high blood pressure were attributed to uranium.

He said: “The World Health Organisation states that 15 micro gram of uranium in one litre of water is safe for drinking but samples from Bathinda and nearby places contain 100 micro grams of uranium in one litre of water.

Such a high content does severe damage to our kidneys. This is the main reason for a single village in the Malwa belt having 100 cases of cancer. We had surveyed 22 villages of this region”.

A main reason cited by the sources for the high uranium contents in groundwater was radioactive rich granite present in Tosham hills of Bhiwani district in Haryana. They would be conducting a research for finding out other areas affected by radioactive activity.

“Uranium also has the capability of coming with the wind and wind coming from Afghanistan can bring uranium as it can have an affect within 1,000 km from where it is used,” Dr Surinder added.

The sources said they had been informing to the Department of Atomic Energy about the presence of uranium in groundwater for quiet sometime, but no attention was paid. “It is only now that the presence of uranium in groundwater in Faridkot district has woken them up and they visited there to collect samples,” a source said.

“There is no way we can remove uranium from drinking water. Aquaguards and RO systems can’t possibly remove uranium. It can’t be filtered because its chemical nature is such that it penetrates in water. We are trying to find out a chemical process by which uranium can be removed,” the sources added.

The sources said parts of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh might be affected by uranium.

[Singh559]

That's horrible, my cousins/family are from there or are from a pind right next to Bathinda. (nanke/dadke side)

The government needs to do something, this is out of control, if the government doesn't do anything we the people need to...

[Harjeet]

I said in another thread they put uranium in our water, that includes America, and the UK. And many other parts of the world. But it has been proven that when you think postive thoughts around water, it changes its crystal structure. So if you think of Waheguru before you use water, it will help purify it. Remember everything is energy, so with our consciousness we can make things positive energy. Even deadly venom can be rendered useless this way. So please always remember God. Remember how holy water always taste so nice

Uranium cannot find its way into our water by accident, its been put in there on purpose.

[genie]

Remember when the Congress Indian government was falsely claiming and inciting anti-sikh mobs in 1984 that 'Sikh terrorists are poisoning the water' ....well looks like the congress terrorist party is doing just that to the population in Punjab (the only Sikh majority state).

[humanbeing]

Remember when the Congress Indian government was falsely claiming and inciting anti-sikh mobs in 1984 that 'Sikh terrorists are poisoning the water' ....well looks like the congress terrorist party is doing just that to the population in Punjab (the only Sikh majority state).

Come on....stop this India Govt bashing and think beyond it.....Embrace the reality of the situation....

[clarity]

There were people actualy arrested I read in an Indian paper dropping sacks of depleted waste in water bound for Punjab there has been numerous international scientists that are puzzled at the amount of pollutants found in the water and explained even with contamination it shouldnt be that high.

Hereis just one article on it -ARTICLE HERE

"With no apparent source of uranium in Punjab, Carin added, “We were not testing for the radioactive element but heavy metal toxicity, which results in ill-health and premature death.” - that quote from the article above says it all

Has anyone ever thought why the cancer rate is highest in Bathinda and why so much doctored food is being found in shiops around Bhatinda it is because in my opinion that Bhatinda has the highest rate of very proud and weapon licensed sardars in the whole state of Punjab and the most likely to fight back in the case of oppression it very clear to me what is happeining all you have to do is search around the web and make your relatives aware in India on how to avoid pollutants and chemicals.

Call it Seva for the panth if you will.

WJKKWJKF

[clarity]

Could staff please sticky this as it has some very important information that the panth need to cover

[Temporary]

Having spoken to visiting Professor to GNDU from Kentucky Uni, the above stated (topic starters) findings are in fact true. There is no need to bash any government or entity, it is in it's simplicity nature taking its toll. The solution suggested by the professor was to set up US like water treatment plant and have water pipeline for drinking water at minimum to all effected residents. It is up to to the constituency to set the agenda so the state and national government can go about the policy process for implementation, but then again we all know how people in India waste away water and with home water delivery will come a water bill, which i doubt anyone is willing to pay.

Solution:- Set Agenda and implement the plan to provide clean water to those who are affected in such manner that everyone regardless of income can afford the basic necessity for life...

As per Bathinda having the most gun licensed people in Punjab... total BS, i did a study on Indian Arms Act of 1962 a while back and the highest gun licensed/ownership (ownership doesn't mean license) area is Dist Gurdaspur, Amritsar, and Fazilka due to it's closeness to Indo-Pak border and has been the case since 1971.

[Singh559]

Having spoken to visiting Professor to GNDU from Kentucky Uni, the above stated (topic starters) findings are in fact true. There is no need to bash any government or entity, it is in it's simplicity nature taking its toll. The solution suggested by the professor was to set up US like water treatment plant and have water pipeline for drinking water at minimum to all effected residents. It is up to to the constituency to set the agenda so the state and national government can go about the policy process for implementation, but then again we all know how people in India waste away water and with home water delivery will come a water bill, which i doubt anyone is willing to pay.

Solution:- Set Agenda and implement the plan to provide clean water to those who are affected in such manner that everyone regardless of income can afford the basic necessity for life...

As per Bathinda having the most gun licensed people in Punjab... total BS, i did a study on Indian Arms Act of 1962 a while back the highest gun licensed/ownership (ownership doesn't mean license) area is Dist Gurdaspur, Amritsar, and Fazilka due to it's closeness to Indo-Pak border and has been the case since 1971.

Government is to blame and don't you know :

"Appan Bathinday wale rufflan rakhan de shounkee a"

Don't mess

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Government is to blame and don't you know :

"Appan Bathinday wale rufflan rakhan de shounkee a"

Don't mess

Pride kills (http://www.srigurugranthsahib.org/audio/index.htm)