*Industries in Daurala in Meerut district have contributed to the heavy metal content — like lead and chromium — in groundwater.

*Jaibheem Nagar slum area in Meerut has seen largescale migration due to heavy metal content in the drinking water.

*Hindon river, which flows through six districts, has been declared as one of the most polluted river by the Central Pollution Control Board.

*Central Ground Water Board has found arsenic contamination in groundwater in Ballia and Ghazipur districts.

According to the findings of several social organisations across the state, the level of groundwater contamination is increasing in the state with each passing day.

According to D Chakraborty, a senior scientist of Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), several types of groundwater contamination have been witnessed in almost all parts of the state.

He will present an extensive report on groundwater contanimation based on the findings of the board and NGOs, at a two-day national seminar to be held in Allahabad on February 9 and 10.

The seminar, being organised by NGO Janhit Foundation, brings together experts from organisations like People’s Science Institute Dehradoon, Toxic Link, New Delhi, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi alongwith senior scientists from the Central Ground Water Board.