Sgr, Gbl drinking water contaminated

Srinagar, Oct 23: In a disturbing development, nearly nine out of every ten drinking water samples tested in Srinagar and Ganderbal districts have shown evidence of bacterial contamination. In Srinagar, 94 per cent samples and in Ganderbal, 88 percent samples have tested positive for coliforms, a new study has revealed. The findings have emerged from a study titled “Coliform pollution in drinking water sources of urban and semi-urban settings of Kashmir: a growing concern for public health”, aut

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