Toxic Village!

Sixty five years after Independence, residents of Sidhwan Bet area have no potable water or easy access to health services. The highly toxic water flowing from the Budha Nullah have made the residents’ life vulnerable to life-threatening diseases. Students of government school in Hujran village drink contaminated water from a hand pump; (left) a non-functional RO system at the government school in Bhaini Gujran village