Mangaluru: People in the village of Bettamady from Sullia Taluk Dakshina Kannada are surprisingly, after they found that the borewell water they consumed was kissing kerosene.
After complaints from the villagers, the Ministry of Health official team led by Sullia Taluk Health Officers, Dr.
B Nandakumar visited the place and collected water samples.
Laboratory analysis was carried out at a government hospital in Sutia, suggesting that water from Borewell was not suitable for human consumption.
In fact, in almost 120 houses in Bettampady, one of the Bangsal Sullia Town Panchayat, used water from Borewell, which sank a few years ago.
President Panchayat City Sullia Vinayakumar Kandadka told TOI water samples had been sent for detailed analysis to the College of Fisheries in Mangaluru, to ensure the reason for the water to smell kerosene.
“The water from Borewell is pumped into a tank located in the nearest area, and it was then supplied to the houses.
To facilitate small repairs to work in the tank, we divert the water supply directly to the pipeline network last four weeks.
After that, people.
Start complaining about the stench, and that they cannot drink water.
After this, we immediately brought this to the Ministry of Health notification, “Vinayakumar said.
Because the Ministry of Health has suggested not to use water from Borewell, the city of Panchayat has made alternative arrangements using open wells nearby, he said.
“I had tasted water from Borewell and it smelled like kerosene.
We are now waiting for Lab analysis, which is expected to arrive within two days.
Meanwhile, we also make arrangements to remove water from Borewell.
A agency has been assigned to remove water Continuously from Borewell, and we will see how it works after one or two days.
People in the village said that there was no possibility of pollution of the country, because there were no chemical factories or storage facilities in the nearest villages.
Next, we have not watched The problem of oil theft in the village, “he added.