A village in Assam where the water is 'slow poison

 

A village in Assam where the water is 'slow poison'

When it comes to fluoride pollution in groundwater of Assam, the first name that comes to mind is Tapatjuri village in Hojai district which is the most affected area. The permissible limit of fluoride in water is 1 mg per litre, but the water sample from Tapajuri hand pump or tube well has fluoride level between 10-15 mg per litre, which is naturally destructive. The ill effects of prolonged exposure to high fluoride have mostly affected the bodies of the villagers here. You would hardly find a child or an adult in this village who does not have stained, crooked or crooked teeth which are symptoms of dental fluorosis. Almost every resident of the village complains of joint and body pain. Not only this, the children here do not go to school every day and this is a perfect example of this health problem going out of scope.Ten-year-old Rohima from the village complains that her legs ache all the time. A look at Rohima's teeth shows how big the problem is. Rohima told that her four sisters and brother are also suffering from pain. She says, "I sometimes have to skip school. Because sometimes I can't walk.

Hamzad, who is studying in class six, says he too often suffers from knee pain and struggles to attend school and play, but sometimes all this becomes impossible for him because of the pain.Social worker Dharani Saikia, who has been working on this problem for many years in this village, said that tubewells or handpumps that draw water from 100-150 feet below the ground. They are pulling high levels of fluoride in the water and this is the cause of this 'slow poisoning'.

When you drill down to that depth, you reach granitic rocks that are rich in minerals like fluoride, which adds to the amount of fluoride in the water. “That is why wells, which have to be dug only 10-12 feet, are a safer option and we are advocating their use,” she says.

Leopard jumped over the car, you will be shocked to see this video of Jorhat in Assam A video from Jorhat district of Assam is going viral on social media

Leopard jumped over the car

 Leopard jumped over the car, you will be shocked to see this video of Jorhat in Assam A video from Jorhat district of Assam is going viral on social media .

Here a car was passing through the road, when a leopard from a nearby house jumped on top of the car. The life of the person sitting in the car got stuck. People sitting in another car coming from the front made this video. The leopard roaming in the area injured at least 13 people, including three forest officials. The leopard was caught unconscious by the forest department on Tuesday. This leopard was seen around the Rain Forest Research Institute located in Chenijn. According to forest officials, the leopard came out of the forest and started attacking people without provocation. Iqbal Ahmed, forest ranger of Jorhat Forest Range, said that he received information about the leopard attacking people and creating ruckus in the institute campus on Monday morning. A team of Forest Department immediately reached there to capture the leopard. Although, He attacked and injured two forest officials. After this we called more forest department officials, but another person was injured in another leopard attack. After this the forest department started a surveillance drive and the leopard was sighted till Monday night. Leopard has been shifted to Kaziranga National Park.

Assam: Drugs worth Rs 50 core seized in Assam, police arrested five

         

    Superintendent of Police Numal Mahatta said that drugs worth Rs 50 crore have been seized from Cachar district and five people have been arrested in this connection.

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        In a major crackdown by the police in Assam, a huge quantity of narcotics has been seized. The cost of which is said to be around 50 crores. On the other hand, while giving information in this matter, the police said that on the basis of secret information on Sunday, two cars coming from Aizawl to Silchar were stopped on Saturday night, in which drugs were seized after searching.Also Cachar Superintendent of Police Numal Mahatta said that drugs worth Rs 50 crore have been seized from Cachar district and five people have been arrested in this case. He said that in two vehicles, we have seized two lakh tablets of Yaba coming from Myanmar via Mizoram. Their market value will be around Rs 50 crore.

        He said that this is a big interstate gang. Our operation is on and we hope that other culprits involved in smuggling will be arrested soon.

                

Those who do their duty for the country (Duty for country)

 

    Those who do their duty for the country (Duty for country) never see the circumstances. They find a way to fulfill their duty even in the midst of adverse circumstances. In a remote village situated on the border of Nagaland, Lirothang is engaged in this passion of how to give right direction to the youth. Football has started dancing on the same feet of those youths who used to stagger under the influence of alcohol.

    Those who do their duty (Duty for country) never see the circumstances. They find a way to fulfill their duty even in the midst of adverse circumstances. In a remote village situated on the border of Nagaland, Lirothang is engaged in this passion of how to give right direction to the youth. Football has started dancing on the same feet of those youths who used to stagger under the influence of alcohol. His addiction to alcohol and drugs was replaced by his passion for football and now the game has become a part of his changed life.

    This is the story of Lirothang of Merapani village near the border of Nagaland. A youth in the village has chosen the lockdown as an opportunity. In fact, 22-year-old Lironthang plays for a football club in Punjab. Before the lockdown, he had come to visit the village after taking leave from his club. But due to the lockdown, he remained in his village. During this, Lironthang noticed that the youth of the village had become addicted to drugs and alcohol. Lironthang turns to his profession to save most of the youth in his village. He decided that through football, he would free the youth of his village from the clutches of drugs.

    pulled out of the clutches of drugs

Lironthang said, 'Seeing him drunk, I decided that whenever I would come home on a long leave, I would teach him football and if his feet get used to football, he would get rid of the intoxication.' Lironthang started teaching football to the youth of his village in June this year. He tells that earlier he used to take football to the field alone and used to play. When the football went away, he told the children to bring it, Lironthang said, 'He asked a child to play football. Didn't ask to play, but seeing them dancing with football on the ground, the children also started enjoying. Two to three, three to five and so on the children kept on increasing on the ground.