TheHill.com
Around a third of Ghaziabad’s potable water is adulterated with fecal contamination, according to district officials. Teams of the health department collected samples from 359 sources such as residential societies, schools and commercial complexes.
“This puts residents of Ghaziabad at risk of acquiring infections such as typhoid, jaundice and cholera”, said Dr. Rakesh Gupta, district surveillance officer. “The presence of fecal coliform or other type of fecal contamination could be due to mixing of sewerage or broken sewer lines or failure to disinfect water source,” said Gupta.
The samples were picked up from water plants, handpumps, religious places, schools, water-tanks of buildings like high-rises, food outlets in malls, hotels, JJ clusters and water sources at residential localities.