A view of Doa Mahfil of Hajj Jatri Kaylan Parishad in memory of its 13 demised life members.

Flint, Michigan water contamination: Obama declares emergency

BBC Online :US President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan, where the water has become contaminated with lead.The city’s water became contaminated after a change in supplier in 2014. Corrosive water leached lead from old pipes into the water supply.The emergency declaration will unlock $5m (£3.5m) in federal funding.Earlier in the week, Governor Rick Snyder had requested $31m from the federal government.He said the need in the city of almost 100,000 people “far exceeds the...

18 Jan 2016, 12:00 am