Rural water supply and the problem of health in village India, case of the Varanasi District.

Abstract

The present paper presents an existential analysis of the condition of rural India in reference to water supply and pollution and the resulting health hazard mainly due to high content of chloride, nitrate, sulphate and the hardness. From the view-point of public health, the prevailing sources of water supply i.e. wells, streams and reservoirs, are the subject of contamination as they are exposed to pollution from surface drainage, household and animal refuse, as well as from the uncleaned buckets used for carrying water. In reference to bacterial checkup of athe well water awareness among villagers is necessary, so that the government authorities may provide good quality drinking/potable water through their schemes.