Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday announced a package of Rs.3600 crore to provide safe drinking water in some 20000 habitations over the next three years. The package will be earmarked under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme Jaitley said in parliament while presenting the national budget. He said the 20000 habitations were affected by arsenic fluoride heavy or toxic elements pesticides or fertilizers. Here are health issues caused due to intake of contaminated water A large percentage of deaths occurring today due to diarrhoea are mostly observed in children under the age of 5 years and this is most commonly
