Community-based Project to Mitigate Arsenic Pollution in West Bengal and Jharkhand (ARSENIC)

• Total Project Cost – Rs.9.58 crores • ICEF Contribution – Rs. 8.83 crores ; disbursement 73% • Alternative community water sources, treatment systems and water quality monitoring in 400 villages of 8 arsenic-contaminated districts of West Bengal and selected districts of Jharkhand. • Implementing Organization: All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata. • Start and End Date: July 1999 – June 2006   Details http://mohfw.nic.in/kk/95/ib/95ib0y01.htm  Assessment