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India has experienced incomparable industrial growth in recent years, and the growing need for space near urban centres and the increased use of resources have exposed local populations to environmental risks. This spurt has led to many abnormal and extreme events followed by huge impacts on their lives and snatching away their human rights. Some of the impacts of industries are very gradual and unnoticed but still devastative to the population, as in the case of state Jharkhand. Mining in the state had lead to sterility of contaminated land, polluted water resources, deforestation, defiling the air and degradation of the quality of life of people. The release of different toxic metals like arsenic, mercury, chromium, nickel etc. from the coal and mine spoil heaps in Damodar river and its tributaries have caused severe damage to water quality.

Globally the best example of toxic metal industrial disaster is the Minimata bay mercury poisoning which was released from the water effluents from chemical factories. The syndrome caused due to poisoning led to neurotoxic, nephrotoxic, genotoxic and carcinogenic effects with symptoms like ataxia, numbness, paralysis, coma and death in extreme cases. The national laws regulate the probable industrial hazards but there is still a lack of proper monitoring and implementation of guidelines. Apart from the mitigation of the effects which may be referred as symptoms, more emphasis should be given on root cause i.e. prevention of their release into environment especially heavy metal contamination of water.

As discussed earlier I have a very simple approach to bring interventions to solve this problem. I am developing a new simple hassle free way to treat water which will help in solving the symptoms(already polluted water) of this problem. Apart from this it will also prevent release of toxic metals into the water resources from industries which solves the root cause.