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Arsenic problem in India is primarily due to
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- Overexploitation of coal in Bihar and Bengal
- Overexploitation of arsenopyrite in the hinterland
- Overexploitation of ground water in the affected areas
- Overexploitation of surface water in the affected areas
- Overexploitation of coal in Bihar and Bengal
Correct Option: C
India faces Arsenic contamination of groundwater due to the overexploitation of groundwater and excessive use of deep tubewells for water supply, causing serious arsenic poisoning to large numbers of people. In India, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh in the flood plain of the Ganga River; Assam and Manipur in the flood plain of the Brahmaputra and Imphal rivers and Rajnandgaon village in Chhattisgarh state have so far been affected by Arsenic contamination in groundwater above the permissible limit of 10 µg/L.
