The turbidity level in the Brahmaputra in Assam is much beyond the permissible limit for use as potable water. The river has turned muddy and the water has changed colour in the non-monsoon season, causing concern among the people and the authorities in Assam. Northeast Today reports.
Siang to Brahmaputra
The Siang River in Arunachal Pradesh, the main tributary of the Yarlung Tsangpo(as the Brahmaputra is called in Tibet) began showing signs of turbidity in October, 2017, and two months later, the river began changing colour and gradually began turning visibly black. Arunachal’s Public Health Engineering Department, after testing a water sample of the river, confirmed the turbidity of the Siang’s waters to be several times higher than the permissible limit. Soon, reports of fish and animals dying from the polluted waters started to emerge from the Siang Valley. The Siang joins Lohit and Dibang rivers at Pashighat to form the Brahmaputra.
The muddiness that began emerging in Siang in the month of October, gradually began turning the Brahmaputra water muddy and the turbidity rate also began to increase. This forced the authorities in Assam to collect samples of Brahmaputra water at three places- Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Tezpur. And from tests carried out at District Level Laboratory of the Tezpur Division of the Public Health Engineering Department, it was confirmed that the water sample contained a lot of mineral properties.
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