Dirty water being bottled for drinking in Uttar pradesh

With water crisis slowly taking on alarming proportions, substandard packaged drinking water, without proper labels and ISO certification and quality checks, are more freely available in the market, raising risks of contracting water-borne diseases.

With the Water Board failing to supply adequate safe drinking water, residents are forced to buy water from private companies. But water bottles or pouches of many companies are sold without proper labels or adequate quality checks.

The State health institute has received several samples of packaged drinking water without the mandatory ISO certification mark, as prescribed by the Bureau of Indian Standards. nagar nigams/ nagar palika parishad food and sanitation wing have no power since last 05 august  meanwhile, issued showcause notices to  package drinking water plants for not putting ISO certification on bottles they sell, for operating without licence and packaging substandard water.This is may be injurios for health  of urban citizens.To stop this localbodies food inspectors may notify as food safety officers.