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Fill in the blanks in the following statements using words given in the box.
| air, handpumps, cholera, water, large, ground |
A very ______ number of our people defecate in the open. It may cause ______ pollution and soil pollution. Both the surface water and ______ water get polluted. ______ water is the source for wells, tubewells and ______. Thus it becomes the most common route for ______ borne diseases like ______, dysentery, etc.
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Solution
A very large number of our people defecate in the open. It may cause water pollution and soil pollution. Both the surface water and ground water get polluted. Ground is the source for wells, tube-wells and hand pumps. Thus it becomes the most common route for water borne diseases like cholera, dysentery, etc.
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