Agrochemical Fertilizers Use in Tea Gardens and Their Impact on Drinking Water Sources of Sonitpur District, Assam, India

Agrochemicals is very essential for healthy production of any crops, Assam the state of India is one of the major tea production state, 60% of tea is produced in India only Assam. In the tea gardens a huge amounts of agrochemicals is used for high yield but the effect of agrochemicals in soil and water is ignore, the agrochemicals from soil leashes to drinking water sources and contaminant the water sources. A total of 30 soil and water samples(different sources) were collected from 10 small tea gardens of Sonitpur district,Assam for analysis, It is observed that the soil health is not in accordance with the fertility rating chart given by ICAR (2005). After analysis in the water samples As, Fe, Mn, Cd have found above WHO limit. This is because of excessive use of agrochemicals. The worst victims by agrochemicals were the tea garden community who are directly related to tea gardens. The researchers feel that environmental aspects of soil quality of this area need serious attention in near future for better agricultural practices and human health.