Self-supporting community- based mitigation program that provides arsenic safe water using modified bore-dugwell along with public education on water related health effects.

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This new site #PW273 is in the village of Chougacha of Chakdah block in Nadia. The name of the donor is Ramu Biswas. Sand layer was found at the depth of 17 feet on May 10th 2013 and the arsenic level was between 0.02 to 0.04 mg/L that was tested on 6th May with the VisuPAsS Visual Portable Arsenic testing field kit.
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This site #PW273 is in the Bagdob village under the jurisdiction of the Dubra panchayat of Chakda block in the district of North 24 Parganas.. The arsenic concentration of the private tubewell of Rajendro Saddar was found to be 0.02 to 0.04 mg/L that was tested on 12 December 2012 with the VisuPAsS Visual Portable Arsenic testing field kit. The construction is supposed to start in mid February 2013.