MAIN FINDINGS OF THE FINAL REPORT

THE LEVEL of mercury concentration in ground water was found to be exceeding the limit of 0.001 milligram per litre in the samples collected from areas like Kirwani, Parasi, Harrahwa, Naktu, Chilkadand and so on.

FLUOROSIS APPEARS to be highly prevalent, especially in the two blocks of Chopan and Myorpure in UP.

GROUND WATER in certain areas has been observed with high fluoride concentration like Govindpur, Kusmaha, Kakri, Sirsoti and so on.

THE HIGH pH (10.9) of the effluent being discharged in Dongia Nallah in UP indicates improper treatment of effluent by the industries in the area.

MORE THAN 3000 acres along the Rihand reservoir has been occupied for disposal of flyash by thermal power plants of NTPC, Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL), Lanco Power and Hindalco Industries Ltd in the Singrauli region. Most of the ash ponds have attained their maximum height and reached their saturation and therefore have no further augmentation capacity for disposal of ash slurry. The situation will be worse in the next five years.

THE DISPOSAL of ash in the ash ponds along the Rihand reservoir leads to silting of the reservoir in case of non-compliance of ash pond overflow discharge limit or any breach in ash dyke

THE TREATED water from reverse osmosis (RO) plants installed in Bajrang Nagar, Dibulganj and Parsavar-raja was found to be exceeding the permissible limits for aluminum, iron, mercury, cadmium and nickel, which shows that RO plants installed are not capable of removing the trace metals from water.