Amritsar to have water testing lab

Chandigarh, July 29

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To ensure supply of clean water for drinking, cooking and other domestic needs in the Majha area of the state, the state government will set up a world-class hi-tech multi-district water testing laboratory in Amritsar under the technical expertise of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. This laboratory will be capable of testing arsenic, uranium and other heavy metals in drinking water.

Water Supply and Sanitation Minister Razia Sultana said the water testing laboratory would be the major source of providing clean drinking water in the districts of Amritsar, Tarn Taran and Pathankot, besides catering its services to other parts of the Majha region.

She added that besides testing arsenic, uranium and other heavy metals in water, it would also be capable of testing basic parameters and bacteriological parameters of drinking water. She said this advanced lab was being established in Amritsar over an area of 8,000 sq ft with the expenditure of Rs 6 crore. — TNS