Archive · 7 Oct 2026
Ujjain Residents Seek Action Over Alleged Groundwater Pollution
People living in Parshwanath City near Ujjain say their groundwater looks and smells wrong.
They brought samples to the Collector’s office to show officials.
They believe waste from nearby factories may be getting into the ground.
They say about 90 water sources in the colony rely on tube-wells.
Residents said they had contacted several government departments for nearly three months.
They asked officials to test water from the colony and nearby industrial area at different laboratories.
They also want suspected waste-disposal points recorded and the alleged disposal stopped.
Officials were asked to act so the area does not face a problem like Bhagirathpura.
Residents of Parshwanath City brought containers of allegedly contaminated groundwater to the Collector’s office on Tuesday.
They described the water as dirty, foamy, foul-smelling and unusually coloured.
Residents alleged industrial units near the colony were discharging chemical waste into the ground.
They said complaints had been made to several departments for nearly three months without a permanent solution.
Residents sought independent groundwater testing and an immediate halt to the alleged waste disposal.
- Who
- Residents of Parshwanath City and members of the Parshwanath City Residents Society.
- What
- They raised concerns about alleged groundwater contamination and sought testing and action against suspected industrial waste disposal.
- When
- Tuesday; residents said they had been making complaints for nearly three months.
- Where
- Parshwanath City near the Dewas Road industrial area in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- Residents alleged that chemical waste from nearby industrial units was contaminating groundwater used by the colony.
- Location
- Parshwanath City, near the Dewas Road industrial area, Ujjain
- Reported water appearance
- Residents described it as dirty, foamy, foul-smelling and unusually coloured.
- Water sources
- Residents said around 90 sources in the colony depend on tube-wells.
- Complaint period
- Nearly three months, according to residents.
- Departments contacted
- The Collector’s office, District Industries and Trade Centre, Ujjain Municipal Corporation, Pollution Control Board and other departments.
- Residents’ requests
- Groundwater sampling and testing at different laboratories, a halt to alleged chemical-waste disposal, and documentation and sampling at suspected discharge points.