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Khaled Hasan 
The Stone laborers of Jaflong are facing a major drinking-water crisis. 
[Living Stone] 
2009, 25 October 
  
Black and white image 
Provided by the artist - Khaled Hasan 
 
LL/37013 
  
An environmental health disaster is unfolding here. Many people are drinking ground water with arsenic concentrations far above acceptable levels. The origin of the arsenic pollution is geological in this case - the arsenic is released to groundwater under naturally occurring aquifer conditions. The water supply in the rivers in Jaflong bas been reduced and the subsoil water level has subsided drastically. This has seriously affected the agricultural production and may lead to a major food crisis in this overpopulated area. It also leads to an ecological imbalance with long-term consequences. 
 

 
  
 
  
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