Punjab Health Department has sealed three hand pumps after finding traces of uranium beyond permissible limits in the underground water of Faridkot district.District Magistrate of Faridkot Balwinder Singh Multani said that rural people used to draw water from these pumps, located at Tehna, Faridkot (rural) and Narayangarh villages, for drinking purposes. He has asked health authorities to collect samples of underground water from all suspect areas in the district.He said that he would send a report to government in this regard and a request to install reverse osmosis water treatment plants in these villages to provide clean potable water to the residents.Dr Dilraj Singh Gill, District Health Officer, said that he would also take samples from other hand pumps located in these areas.The uranium content in these three samples was more than 200 micrograms, which is far beyond the permissible limit of 60 micrograms per litre of water.In January, 18 samples of underground water in Moga and Kotkapura areas were also found to have uranium more than the permissible limit of 60 micrograms.The Department of Water Supply and Sewerage had installed reverse osmosis (RO) systems in more than 400 villages and work is also going on to establish these systems in more than 200 villages.The state government has planned to cover 1,000 villages under this scheme by the end of the year.