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1. Flurosis - A curse for the District of Nalgonda
Groundwater is 10 to 12 parts per million (ppm) of fluoride in contrast to a maximum allowable level of 1.5 ppm in Nalgonda disrtict. This turned the water into the ground slowly crippling poison at least 10,000 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of people in constant misery.
when the portable water turned in to position and bite the lives of the people, the government cast a nelson's eye to their plight and once again exhibited criminal negligence with empty promises. The victimized poor rural folks resigned to it and blamed it for their fate.
Nearly twenty thousand flour sis victims in Nalgonda district are not actually Stabbed by the fate, but betrayed by the unmindful rulers and blind governmental Agencies.
In Nalgonda District nearly ten lakh people are living on the verge of death due to an over dose of fluorine in the drinking water which causes a dreadful Disease by name "Flourosis". This is indeed a curse to the people of the district.
Five hundred villages in the district are gripped by flourosis. Among which one hundred and sixty five to a severe extent. This disease is more prevalent in areas where the underground water resources are tapped and pumped out through pipes. Such water contains fluorine which gets dissolved in it and when people take it they get flourosis. "Reservoir Based Disease" is another name for this disease.
HISTORY OF FLOUROSIS
In the year 1932, Muller and Gudson revealed to the world the presence of this disease. They started studying the disease and its causes when their sheep was infected by the same. They finally concluded that it was due to an excess of flourine content in the water. They named the disease as flourosis. The disease was noticed spreading to many areas of the combined madras state in the same year.It was the king's institute of private medicine that confirmed the disease flourosis.
In the year 1945, it got spread to many areas of hyderabad district. Fluorine is essential for the dental and skeletal strength, but it should be only 1 p.p.m.(Parts per million) in the drinking water,according to the WHO. But where as in Nalgonda district where flourosis is prevalent, the flourine content in the water is 10 p.pm. Today even in new areas of Deverakonda, Flourosis is playing havoc.
HOW DOES ONE GET FLOUROSIS:
When a person drinks water with an excess of flourosis content, Flourinedisplacess calcium in the bones . As a result that bones get twisted and wakend.Even the blood vesseles get this flourine and the blood circulation is effected.
VARIETIES OF FLOUROSIS:
1.Dental Flourosis
2.Skeletal Flourosis
In Dental Flourosis , the teeth lose their shining and they gradually get spots of brownish and yellowish color. The flourine removes enamel coat over the teeth and as a final stage, The teeth get dropped. In Nalgonda district dental flourosis is moreprevalentt than skeletal flourosis.
The skeletal Flourosis isresponsiblee for disorderly development and the twist of skeletal bones. The sysmptoms of this disease are
1.Plain in the joints
2.Abnormal growth of bones at the joints
3.Inactive movements
4.Respiratory problems
Those who get this disease lose appetite and become sluggish. The victims may also become sterille.Thisdiseasee may lead other diseases like T.b, and pneumonia.
It ishearteningg to see people becoming 'OLD' even at the age of thirty.As their limbs become bow shaped, They need the support of a stick to walk.If the master of a house gents this decease one can imagine the sad plight of the family. If pregnant women happen to get this.The child in the womb will also not be spared of flourosis.
Letter from Flourine Effected People :
It may not be the first or the last to speak words in our distress - or squeak under the smallest bones, several generations before us the bones used as tools to carry with us this time. As a testament to its success, we are still here.
We have chosen to speak today on an issue that is fundamental to our existence. We are the people who are cursed by a lack of very basic - clean water.
If encountered in this message that hangs in space for the next millennium, most likely already know about our plight. Our bones are fragile, teeth come in color, it seems that the faster age and our children do not have normal childhood - all the work to a different lifestyle.
All this is due to fluoride. We also need several successive central and state governments, local and other leaders who conveniently forgot about our problems of drinking water.
We corrected! constantly remind us that every five years or less, in each election cycle.
fluorosis victims from recent news papers :
Is he a victim or the champion of this cause, is up to you to decide. He looks like a small boy, but he is 24 years old and she is 30 years old. He met two prime ministers, chief ministers, governor and President of India. When asked what he needs, his response was, " I DON'T NEED ANYTHING, JUST GIVE DRINKING WATER TO MY VILLAGE and MY DISTRICT".
Most of the villages are still waiting for Surface Drinking water.
World Bank Report on Nalgonda water problem :
Representatives from Nalgonda.org approached World Bank Head Quarters in Washington DC, in early 2004 presenting on Nalgonda water problem. World Bank South Asian representatives prepared below report on Nalgonda fluorine situation.
Flourisis Contribution :
Sri Ram Charitable Trust is a voluntary irganization promoted by Hyderabad based Thermo Group of companies. Mr. Nand Kishore Ghurka and Mrs. Uma Ghurka are the Trustees of the Trust. Deeply moved by the tremendous impact of excessive flurode in drinking water on the health of people inhabiting the villages of Nalgonda district Trust decided to extend our helping hand to the needy to some among villagers.
Please contact:
Sri Ram Charitable Trust,
28, Nagarjuna Hills, Punjagutta, Hyderabad - 500 082.
Phone: 091 40 2335 0577
Fax 091 40 2335 0583
email: srct@thermopads.com
1. Flurosis - A curse for the District of Nalgonda
Groundwater is 10 to 12 parts per million (ppm) of fluoride in contrast to a maximum allowable level of 1.5 ppm in Nalgonda disrtict. This turned the water into the ground slowly crippling poison at least 10,000 people and leaving hundreds of thousands of people in constant misery.
when the portable water turned in to position and bite the lives of the people, the government cast a nelson's eye to their plight and once again exhibited criminal negligence with empty promises. The victimized poor rural folks resigned to it and blamed it for their fate.
Nearly twenty thousand flour sis victims in Nalgonda district are not actually Stabbed by the fate, but betrayed by the unmindful rulers and blind governmental Agencies.
In Nalgonda District nearly ten lakh people are living on the verge of death due to an over dose of fluorine in the drinking water which causes a dreadful Disease by name "Flourosis". This is indeed a curse to the people of the district.
Five hundred villages in the district are gripped by flourosis. Among which one hundred and sixty five to a severe extent. This disease is more prevalent in areas where the underground water resources are tapped and pumped out through pipes. Such water contains fluorine which gets dissolved in it and when people take it they get flourosis. "Reservoir Based Disease" is another name for this disease.
HISTORY OF FLOUROSIS
In the year 1932, Muller and Gudson revealed to the world the presence of this disease. They started studying the disease and its causes when their sheep was infected by the same. They finally concluded that it was due to an excess of flourine content in the water. They named the disease as flourosis. The disease was noticed spreading to many areas of the combined madras state in the same year.It was the king's institute of private medicine that confirmed the disease flourosis.
In the year 1945, it got spread to many areas of hyderabad district. Fluorine is essential for the dental and skeletal strength, but it should be only 1 p.p.m.(Parts per million) in the drinking water,according to the WHO. But where as in Nalgonda district where flourosis is prevalent, the flourine content in the water is 10 p.pm. Today even in new areas of Deverakonda, Flourosis is playing havoc.
HOW DOES ONE GET FLOUROSIS:
When a person drinks water with an excess of flourosis content, Flourinedisplacess calcium in the bones . As a result that bones get twisted and wakend.Even the blood vesseles get this flourine and the blood circulation is effected.
VARIETIES OF FLOUROSIS:
1.Dental Flourosis
2.Skeletal Flourosis
In Dental Flourosis , the teeth lose their shining and they gradually get spots of brownish and yellowish color. The flourine removes enamel coat over the teeth and as a final stage, The teeth get dropped. In Nalgonda district dental flourosis is moreprevalentt than skeletal flourosis.
The skeletal Flourosis isresponsiblee for disorderly development and the twist of skeletal bones. The sysmptoms of this disease are
1.Plain in the joints
2.Abnormal growth of bones at the joints
3.Inactive movements
4.Respiratory problems
Those who get this disease lose appetite and become sluggish. The victims may also become sterille.Thisdiseasee may lead other diseases like T.b, and pneumonia.
It ishearteningg to see people becoming 'OLD' even at the age of thirty.As their limbs become bow shaped, They need the support of a stick to walk.If the master of a house gents this decease one can imagine the sad plight of the family. If pregnant women happen to get this.The child in the womb will also not be spared of flourosis.
Letter from Flourine Effected People :
It may not be the first or the last to speak words in our distress - or squeak under the smallest bones, several generations before us the bones used as tools to carry with us this time. As a testament to its success, we are still here.
We have chosen to speak today on an issue that is fundamental to our existence. We are the people who are cursed by a lack of very basic - clean water.
If encountered in this message that hangs in space for the next millennium, most likely already know about our plight. Our bones are fragile, teeth come in color, it seems that the faster age and our children do not have normal childhood - all the work to a different lifestyle.
All this is due to fluoride. We also need several successive central and state governments, local and other leaders who conveniently forgot about our problems of drinking water.
We corrected! constantly remind us that every five years or less, in each election cycle.
fluorosis victims from recent news papers :
Is he a victim or the champion of this cause, is up to you to decide. He looks like a small boy, but he is 24 years old and she is 30 years old. He met two prime ministers, chief ministers, governor and President of India. When asked what he needs, his response was, " I DON'T NEED ANYTHING, JUST GIVE DRINKING WATER TO MY VILLAGE and MY DISTRICT".
Most of the villages are still waiting for Surface Drinking water.
World Bank Report on Nalgonda water problem :
Representatives from Nalgonda.org approached World Bank Head Quarters in Washington DC, in early 2004 presenting on Nalgonda water problem. World Bank South Asian representatives prepared below report on Nalgonda fluorine situation.
Flourisis Contribution :
Sri Ram Charitable Trust is a voluntary irganization promoted by Hyderabad based Thermo Group of companies. Mr. Nand Kishore Ghurka and Mrs. Uma Ghurka are the Trustees of the Trust. Deeply moved by the tremendous impact of excessive flurode in drinking water on the health of people inhabiting the villages of Nalgonda district Trust decided to extend our helping hand to the needy to some among villagers.
Please contact:
Sri Ram Charitable Trust,
28, Nagarjuna Hills, Punjagutta, Hyderabad - 500 082.
Phone: 091 40 2335 0577
Fax 091 40 2335 0583
email: srct@thermopads.com
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