The 2000-odd villagers are inching towards death, consciously. They drink water knowing that the fluoride in it is paralysing them and will eventually kill them. Half-hearted measures by the state government has not changed their options. The villagers either die of thirst or of fluorisis. According to the State Water Investigation Directorate, about 300 people from Nasirpur,New Delhi, have become paralysed after consuming the "piosonous" water in the village. But a visit to Nasirpur showed that far too many have been affected. The residents claimed the number was more than 1,200.