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Northern Indo-Ganga Plains

• Arsenic-contaminated groundwater in Holocene sediments from parts of Middle Ganga Plain, Uttar Pradesh, India

  Groundwater survey in Ghazipur, Varanasi and Mirzapur districts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) in Middle Ganga Plain shows that people in these areas are

  • 25/05/2010

  • Current Science
  • • Groundwater Pollution
    • Northern Indo-Ganga Plains
    • Ganga
    • Tubewells
    • Arsenic
    • Drinking Water
    • Health
    • Uttar Pradesh
    • Ghazipur (D)
    • Mirzapur (D)
    • Varanasi (D)
    • Current Science
    • Babar Ali Shah

• Arsenic groundwater contamination in parts of middle Ganga plain, Bihar

  The middle and upper Ganga plains covering the upstream part from Rajmahal Hills, were earlier considered to be free from arsenic groundwater contamination. Initially, the contamination (>0.05 mg/l) was reported in 2002 from two villages, Bariswan and Simaria Ojhapatti of Bhojpur district of Bihar.

  • 25/09/2009

  • Current Science
  • • Groundwater Pollution
    • Northern Indo-Ganga Plains
    • Ganga
    • Arsenic
    • Drinking Water
    • Health
    • Nepal
    • Bihar
    • Bhojpur
    • Buxar (D)
    • Patna (D)