Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 28:
Joint Non-Govt Voluntary Orgn, Kakching has appealed to PHE Minister to make the 250 KV transformer at Kakching Water Supply Scheme functional as well as for completion of the Kakching Wairi Kongoi Zonal reservoir and Kak-Irum Mapal Zonal reservoir at the earliest.
In a representation submitted to the Minister on behalf of all the clubs and associations of Kakching area, Orgn president P Somarendra pointed out that the ground water from the hand pumps of have been contaminated with arsenic as confirmed from the tests conducted by NERIWALM, Manipur Pollution Control, Board and All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata.
As arsenic is found more than the permissible level fixed by World Health Organisation (WHO), it has created a panicky situation in Kakching.