Rajya Sabha

March 10, 2025

Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s supplementary question on the government’s efforts to combat arsenic contamination of water in Bengal, an important reason for its occurrence being the unscientific sharing of Ganga water with a neighbouring country, thus specially affecting the border districts of Malda, Murshidaband, Nadia, North 24-Parganas and South 24-Parganas

Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray’s supplementary question on the government’s efforts to combat arsenic contamination of water in Bengal, an important reason for its occurrence being the unscientific sharing of Ganga water with a neighbouring country, thus specially affecting the border districts of Malda, Murshidaband, Nadia, North 24-Parganas and South 24-Parganas

Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, as per the Asian Development Bank’s 2018 Report, West Bengal had the largest arsenic-affected population and areas in the country. Now, after the establishment of the National Institute for Water and Sanitation in Kolkata, what effective measures has the Government of India taken to combat the most affected areas, particularly given the unscientific sharing of Ganga water with a neighbouring country, which severely affects the districts of Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, North and South 24 Parganas? This is my pointed question to the Honourable Minister.