Pointing out the water pollution due to presence of insecticides in border districts of Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar, Pilot said that proper purification measures are needed.
Cancer patients were increasing in the border districts of Hanumangarh and Sriganganagar, and the reports indicated presence of insecticides or pesticides in the Gang canal water, Pilot warned in a statement here.
The Raje government should take up this matter, get the flowing water tested scientifically and make its purification facilities for human consumption besides irrigation purpose, he demanded.
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