(PCU, ARIAS Society)

ACTIVITYSTATUS Expedite water testing B.Barooah college also entrusted in addition to G.U GW Level monitoring Bids for Civil Works for GW Monitoring Stations being floated withinDec.12 NERIWALM Study by on safe-yield of GW Completed (for priority districts) GPS/GIS based mapping of installed STWs Under process. District NGOs assigned the task of providing GPS Coordinates

ACTIVITYSTATUS Engagement of Environmental Consultant-2 Ms G.V Sharma appointed as EC-2 Road side plantations (PWD Rural Roads) Proposals Received Sanctioned accorded Study report on sensitive zone for As/F/Fe/HC Completed & submitted by Guwahati University Increase capacity & manpower of GU Manpower increased to 12 nos. Also 3 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer installed.

Total STW installed as on 05/12/12 Total Sample collected Total sample dispatched to GU for testing Total sample dispatched to B.B.C for testing Report Submitted by GU Report submitted by BB. Total Report Submitted till date Samples yet to be collected for testing 59,69252, * * Excluding Karbi Anglong + Hailakandi (596+08)

ParticularsJune 2012December 2012% increase of progress STWS Installed58,46259, % Total samples collected35,85252, % Total samples tested30,68439, % Sample can not be collected during July to September due to Floods

District STW installed as on 08 Dec Sample Status (Nos) Total sample received by PCU (nos.) till 08/12/12 Water Sample yet to be collected (nos.) Water sample Collected by Deptt. Water Sample Collected by DNGO upto 31/11/11 Water sample Collected by DNGO upto 15/3/12 Water Sample Collected by DNGO after 15/3/12 Baksa Barpeta Bongaigaon Chirang Darrang Dhemaji Dhubri Dibrugarh Goalpara Golaghat Hailakandi Continued

District STW installed as on 5/12/2012 Sample Status (Nos) Total sample received by PCU (nos.) till 08/12/12 Water Sample yet to be collected (nos.) Water sample Collected by Deptt. Water Sample Collected by DNGO upto 31/11/11 Water sample Collected by DNGO upto 15/3/12 Water Sample Collected by DNGO after 15/3/12 Jorhat Kamrup K. Anglong Kokrajhar Lakhimpur Morigaon Nagaon Nalbari Sonitpur Sivasagar Tinsukia Udalguri Total

SlDistrict Target of collection (nos) Sample collected (nos) Sample yet to collected (nos) Reasons of delay in collection of samples 1Dhubri  Riots in Aug-Sept’12 in BTAD areas.  Flood wave in July & Sept’12 delayed in sample collection.  Only One NGO is entrusted for Dhubri, Chirang & Bongaigaon districts.  Classes still persist in District Dhubri. 2Dibrug arh  Flood wave in July & Sept’12 delayed in sample collection.  Only 1 no. NGO is entrusted for Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Golaghat & Tinsukia districts.

Water samples collected from 21 districts & tested for Arsenic (As) & Fluoride (F) content. Results reveals that only 10 districts have As & F levels above permissible limits, as shown below SlDistrictBlock Total sample s of District tested Maximum levels found (mg/l) Total samples of District tested Arsenic (As)Fluoride (F) Tota l Nos%TotalNos% 1Bongaigaon2 nos4914 As = F = % % 2Darrang2 nos2849 As = F = % % 3Dhemaji2nos302 As = F = % % 4Dhubri3nos2636 As = 0.0 F = % % 5Goalpara3nos4321As = F = % % Note: Permissible limit for drinking water As=0.05 mg/l, F=1.5 mg/l.

Sl no DistrictBlock Total samples of District tested Maximum levels found (mg/l) Total samples of District tested Arsenic (As)Fluoride (F) TotalNos%TotalNos% 6Kamrup1no3247 As = 0.0 F = % % 7Lakhimpur1 no792 As = 0.0 F = %4912.5% 8Nagaon5 nos6635 As = F = % % 9Nalbari1 no1910 As = F = %9600% 10Sonitpur1 no1758As = F = % Note: Permissible limit for drinking water As=0.05 mg/l, F=1.5 mg/l.

Conclusion  Overall progress of 87.94% achieved in 21 districts.  Significant Progress in spite of followings un-expected constraints: ◦ Cumulative testing capacity of Gauhati University & B. Barooah College (BBC) is 3,000 (in reality) samples per month only ◦ Flood wave in July & Sept’12 delayed sample collection significantly due to total submerging of farm-fields/STWs ◦ Riots in Aug- Sept’12 in various parts of Assam affected collection of water samples ◦ Due to non-inclusion of some earlier districts of AACP under AF, NGOs of nearby districts of AF, entrusted to collect water samples  Constraints significantly affected water sample collection rate- Yet all out effort is on to complete targets  Despite Constraints- 88% water samples collected and of which 75% tested- rest will get completed very soon

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