People depends on fluoride water in eight mandals

 People residing in eight mandals are mostly depending on fluoride water in Srikakulam. In all these seven mandals fluoride levels are identified as more than the permitted limits in the ground water. Fluoride detected in ground water in Nandigama,Tekkali, Santhabommali, Meliaputti, Ponduru, G.Sigadam, Ranastalam and Laveru mandals in the district. In all the eight mandals fluoride spreads in 547 habitations and nearly 3.60 lakh people are inevitably consuming the ground water in which fluoride content is more than the permitted limit.

Normally fluoride content is existing in ground water up to 1.5 parts per million (PPM) which is not danger for consumption as drinking water. But in all the above eight mandals the PPM level is more than 1.5 which is danger for consumption. Fluoride is alarming levels in ground water at Velagada, Chandrayyapeta in G.Sigadam mandal, GGValasa, ChinnaMurapaka, Peddakottapalli, Kandipeta, Bejjipuram, Bonthupeta, Peddaraopalli, Nakkapeta, Budathavalasa, Neelipuram, Lopenta, Karaganipeta, Kesavarayunipalem and Hanumayyapeta in Laveru mandal, Kammasigadam, PydiBhimavaram, Mukkupalavalasa in Ranastalam mandal, Penubarthi, Alamajipeta in Ponduru mandal, Parsurampuram, Yerragadda in Meliaputti mandal,Narsingapalli, Kittalapadu, Buragam, Santhavanipeta, Vemulada,
Telineelapuram in Tekkali mandal, Sailada, RG Boddapadu, Routhupuram in Nandigama mandal.

In Tekkali assembly segment Tekkali, Nandigama, Santhabommali mandals needs safe drinking water from where minister for transport, K.Atchannaidu is representing as an MLA. In Etcherla assembly segment Ranastalam, Laveru mandals also needs safe drinking water from where minister for energy and TDP state president, K.Kala Venkata Rao is representing as an MLA. Interestingly both the fluoride affected mandals are belonging to two ministers from the district and where people are waiting for safe water.

Safe drinking water schemes proposed in all fluoride affected villages with an estimated cost of Rs 25.64 crore rural water supply superintendent engineer (SE), T.Srinivasa Rao said.