The National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) has stumbled upon the presence of high levels of nitrate ingroundwaterin upperKrishna riverbasin inTelangana, posing a grave risk to childrens Health.
NGRI scientists warned that infants and children are at higher risk owing to nitrate ingestion through drinking water.
Researchers said fertilizer leachate is seeping into aquifers and a majority of groundwater samples analysed by them were unfit for consumption. NGRI scientist Rama Mohan Kurakalva said people who are utilising the water inMahbubnagarand other districts of upper Krishna river basin are at risk.