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May
25, 2000
Rangpur,
May 24 (UNB) – Arsenic, a deadly poison, has been detected in
tube-well waters at four villages in Kandi union of Pirgacha upazila
of the district.
The
Executive Engineer of Public Health and Engineering department
disclosed this at a meeting of local health service development
committee held on Monday.
Its
president and State Minister for Forest and Environment HN Ashiqur
Rahman chaired the meeting.
Deputy
Commissioner, Police Super, district Civil Surgeon, Deputy Civil
Surgeon, Executive Engineer, Public Works department, Deputy Director,
Family Planning, Acting Principal, Rangpur Medical College and
Hospital, all the upazila health officers, president, Rangpur Chamber
of Commerce and Industry, among others, attended the meeting.
The
PHED Executive Engineer said that they had tested waters of 168
tube-wells in the four villages and found 50 of them arsenic
contaminated.
The
affected villages are Pathok Shekor, East Pathok Shekor, Dadon andChapra.
The
contaminated tube-wells have been sealed and the people advised not to
use waters of those tube-wells, the PHED officials said.
The
meeting was further informed that 11 people have been affected with
arsenic contamination in the four villages. They are now undergoing
treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
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