Vadodara: How safe is the vegetables you eat? Or how clean the water you took from Borewells? In that face, maybe everything looks fine.
But they can be mixed with toxic chemicals which in turn can endanger your health instead of giving you necessary nutrients.
The report prepared by the Central Pollution Control Agency (CPCB) in groundwater contamination in Vadodara has revealed that poisonous pollutants not only cause harmful environmental impacts but also entering the human food chain.
This happened in Padra, a bowl of vegetable vegetables Central, which is located on the doorway of the city of Vadodara.
The Central Watchdog Pollution has prepared reports on groundwater contamination due to poor operation of the Vadodara Effluent Channel (VECL) project and industrial sites contaminated in the Padra and Bharuch Vadodara regions.
Based on the complaint submitted by the Farmers Action Group (FAG), the Regional Directorate of CPCB in Vadodara along with officials from the Regional Office of the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has started a random sample survey and VECL channel monitoring earlier this year.
VECL is an industrial supported body responsible for transporting wastewater treated from industrial units in and around Vadodara Regency through a long channel of 55 km into Khambhat Bay.
The report has revealed the manage of industrial waste which has been very contaminated in Luna, Umraya, Dudhwada and Pilodra Padra Taluka Village and Jambusar Taluka from Bharuch District.
Analysis and physical appearance of 11 samples of groundwater collected from Luna, Umraya, Dudhwada and Pilodra Padra Taluka Village and Jambusar have shown significant contamination because of the wrong self-esteem.
“Groundwater is being used for agriculture and animal feed and therefore in addition to the affected environmental environment, toxic pollutants who enter into the human food chain are a serious problem that is a concern,” said the report.
The report stated that CPCB monitoring between 2015 and 2019 consistently found that VECL did not comply with the standard disposal in J-Point, the final disposal point in the Mostuarine Zone of the Mahi River.
“Effluent which has a concentration of parameters is much higher than the specified standards are being discarded by VECL in the Mahi River Zone,” the next report.
Rohit Prajapati’s environmental activist said that the report implies that GPCB continues to ignore violations of environmental norms by VECL.
“It has issued what is called notification of non-serious closure last year and which is not implemented leads to such a large situation where you find the demand for chemical oxygen (COD) as high as 1,482 mg / L in Dudhwada Village in Indonesia,” said Prajapati.
“At the same time, the Mahi river pollution stands fully open.
About 60% of Vadodara depends on the water of the River Mahi.
Groundwater contamination has begun with Luna and has now reached Dudhwada.
Days not far away when Borewells in the city of Vadodara will begin to see The impact of this contamination, “he said.