Guwahati: Fourteen of the 34 districts in Assam are affected by either arsenic or fluoride contamination, informed Rattan Lal Kataria, the Minister of State for Jal Shakti.
Kataria was responding to a question by Assam MP Badruddin Ajmal in Lok Sabha on Thursday.
According to the data presented in the House, total of 1,247 habitations in 12 districts are affected by arsenic. The highest is in Nalbari district (454), followed by Baksa (343) and then Barpeta district (171).
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