Residents of Mazgaon village in Assam’s Lakhimpur district could do little about the arsenic contaminated water they were forced to drink until a few years back. They found most water purifying machines expensive until they began using a low cost and easy-to-use filter – Arsiron Nilogon.
Researchers at Assam’s Tezpur University have developed and patented the filter that removes arsenic and iron from drinking water. It has been making a difference to the lives of thousands of people across the state by providing them access to clean drinking water they did not have until a few years back.
The Union science and technology department has acknowledged the method the filter uses. It has been published in national and international journals and was granted patent number 280737 last year.
Read more of this innovation in a report by Utpal Parashar published in Hindustan Times...
