Arsenic removal plant to come up at Village Ghazipur

Work already started, to be completed by March 31

Ludhiana:    With an aim to provide potable drinking water to the residents of Ghazipur village near Khanna of district Ludhiana, work on setting up of an arsenic removal plant has already started. Mr Sahil Anand, Executive Engineer, Water Supply, Ludhiana, informed that this plant is being set up by a team of experts from IIT Madras and would be completed by March 31, 2021.

    It is pertinent to mention that Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had launched ‘Har Ghar Pani, Har Ghar Safai’ mission as part of Punjab government’s campaign to accomplish the goal of 100% potable water supply and maintaining cleanliness in all the rural households and schools of the state by March next year, thus making Punjab the first state in the country to achieve this distinction.

    He informed that the Punjab government has prepared a comprehensive plan under which arsenic removal plants would be set up in all villages of the state that have problem of arsenic in underground water. He said that this plant would prove very beneficial for all the residents of village Ghazipur.

    Health experts say that long-term exposure to arsenic from drinking water and food can cause cancer and skin lesions. It has also been associated with developmental effects, cardiovascular disease, neurotoxicity and diabetes.

    He further stated that this Arsenic Removal Plant is being constructed with a cost of Rs 18 lakh by experts from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras as this purification unit is based on the technology developed by them.