By Dr. Abhijit Das & Mr. Sayantan Chakrabarti ‘In arsenic infested Haringhata, West Bengal, few housewives are in the business of saving lives by supplying safe drinking water.’ The Challenge: Provision of safe drinking water in arsenic infested areas of West Bengal India, today, has arguably entered, or at least is on the verge of entering, a phase of ‘Hydro Schizophrenia’. In other words, we...
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Author: Umesh Kumar Rai People who try can never be defeated… Poet Sohan Lal Dwivedi Awareness regarding water is increasing among rural farmers and therefore, demand for clean and pure water is increasing day by day. Rural areas need over 8000 litres of refined water per day but as there is only one pond, people are getting only 4000 litres. To deal with this issue, a...
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A collaborative project of DNGM Research foundation with UNICEF , Kolkata and Govt. of West Bengal Chronic arsenicosis produces protean manifestations like pigmentation, keratosis, chronic respiratory disease, peripheral neuropathy liver disease etc. and cancer of skin, urinary bladder and lung. Remedy of chronic arsenic toxicity is to take arsenic free water. High protein and fiber containing diet are found to reduce the clinical toxic effects...
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The prevalence of arsenic contamination of groundwater used for both, irrigation as well as for human intake has taken the dimension of a catastrophic health problem in the 9 districts of west Bengal. Studies done have established that inorganic arsenic as well as its compound are extremely toxic to human as well as animal health and its impacts are both acute and chronic. Initially it...
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It is almost a decade since Megh Pyne Abhiyan (MPA) through its local partner organizations (Gramyasheel, Supaul; Kosi Seva Sadan, Saharsa; Samta, Khagaria; Ghoghardiha Prakhand Swarajya Vikas Sangh, Madhubani; Savera/ Water Action, Pashchim Champaran) initiated work on safe and clean drinking water in five flood prone districts of north Bihar. North Bihar region is known for its eight perennial river systems supplemented by shallow groundwater...
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