21 Nov 2017
The Report attempts to examine the magnitude of the problem, sources of Arsenic intake, available technologies, identify appropriate technologies, formulate an action plan and discuss operation and maintenance issues as well as monitoring and evaluating aspects. An attempt has been made to outline different technologies based on various scientific principles, assess these technologies, distinguish these technologies according to their scale of operation and also list...
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21 Nov 2017
This report by the Committee on Estimates makes an analysis of the extent and magnitude of arsenic contamination on groundwater, by taking into account the contamination of soil and vegetation, its sources and the acceptable limits. The report also discusses the health effects of arsenic, along with suggesting remedial measures and technologies to counter the same. Apart from that, various policy and governance gaps in...
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21 Nov 2017
This report intends to serve as a national compilation of all relevant information on major geogenic contaminants reported in India. The report attempts to summarize various aspects of geogenic contamination of ground water with special emphasis on remediation and the way forward in respect of the following parameters viz. arsenic fluoride, salinity, iron and manganese, uranium, radon, strontium, selenium and chromium. All efforts were made...
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21 Nov 2017
This Report of the Committee deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Second Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘Evaluation of Rural Drinking Water Programmes’ pertaining to the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. The Committee further note that the security of drinking water can be achieved on a 100% basis only when the entire rural drinking...
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21 Nov 2017
As a part of Arsenic Mitigation Program, Dept. of Health &PHED, Govt. of West Bengal had been entrusted in arranging for treatment for arsenicosis patients and supplying safe water to the arsenic affected population respectively. However, there are many pockets in the State that neither has the required medical treatment facilities to treat Arsenicosis nor an arsenic-free safe water source to be used for drinking...
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21 Nov 2017
This is a report by the Inter Ministerial Group, which critically analyses the issues, status and actions taken and initiated by different concerned Central Ministries and Arsenic affected States. This report has been prepared after taking cognizance of the concerns, observations, suggestions and recommendations given by the ‘Committee on Estimates’, headed by Hon’ble Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi. The report throws light on the current situation,...
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17 Nov 2017
Arsenic contamination in groundwater is widely acknowledged now as a public health issue of epidemic proportions and has spread across Asia especially in Bangladesh and large parts of India. This note enlists various technologies and techniques for arsenic mitigation, which have been used as short terms mechanisms to reduce arsenic exposure. A comparison has been made between the different methods, so as to enable identification...
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09 Nov 2017
We are happy to bring to you the Ninth volume of Arsenic Knowledge and Action Network Newsletter.
27 Oct 2017
Several field test kits are available for estimation of Arsenic in water. All of them work on the principle mentioned in the following paragraph. Depending on the amount of reagents, quality of reagents and method of testing, different test kits shows different levels of accuracy. All the available test kits are semi quantitative and are based on colour comparison with the reference colour chart provided...
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27 Oct 2017
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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