Mitigation and Remedy of Groundwater Arsenic Menace in India

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Mitigation and Remedy of Groundwater Arsenic Menace in India : A Vision Document(iv)Mass awareness and campaign programme for the society through local Panchayati rajnetwork.8.1.4 Revision of the National Standard for Arsenic in drinking waterIn addressing the key-concerns and in developing a National Plan of Action forproviding Arsenic safe water to the community, the 1st key-step is to establish a NationalStandard for Arsenic in Drinking Water. It is strongly felt that the National Standard for Arsenicin drinking water is to be set linking the issues related to the social, cultural & health benefits inline as set by the WHO. Many health scientists strongly feel that standard should be strictlybased on health risk and no compromise should be made on economic consideration. It is,therefore, recommended that the standard for Arsenic in treated water should be 10 ppb; but thethreshold value for rejection of a water source could continue to be 50 ppb for sometime tocome. BIS and the Dept. of Consumer Affairs should take an unequivocal stand in this matter8.2 Approaches for Achieving MilestonesGovernment of India has launched a number of countrywide development schemes asSocietal Missions emphasizing to provide basic amenities to the society for its multi-faceteddevelopment. These schemes are:(i) Bharat Nirman, 2005-2009.(ii) Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP) & Pradhan Mantry GramodayaYojana (PMGY) - Rural Drinking Water.(iii) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act-2005 (NREGA).All these schemes have component and relevance dealing with providing safe drinkingwater to every habitation. It is proposed to link and operationalize the activities emerging fromthis mission of providing arsenic free groundwater and decontaminating aquifers from hazardsof arsenic to the above Govt. of India societal schemes.Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, also provides financial assistancefor R & D projects through its different 'National Committee'; the related committees are:(i)(ii)Indian National Committee on Ground Water (INCGW) - Secretariat with the CentralGround Water Board,Indian National Committee on Hydrology (INCOH) - Secretariat with the NationalInstitute of Hydrology, Roorkee.NIH & CGWB 147
Roadmap for Achieving Envisaged Targets8.2.1 Bharat Nirman (2005-2009)'Bharat Nirman' is a time-bound plan for action in rural infrastructure by the Govt. ofIndia in partnerships with State Governments and Panchayat Raj Institutions in the areas ofirrigation, road, rural housing, rural water supply, rural electrification and rural telecommunicationconnectivity.The task envisaged under the 'Drinking Water' component of the 'Bharat Nirman' is toprovide every habitation safe source of drinking water. In addition, all habitants, which haveslipped back from full coverage to partial coverage due to failure of source and habitations,which have water quality problems, is to be addressed.The Ministry of Rural Development, Department of Drinking Water Supply, isresponsible for meeting this goal in partnership with State Governments. The programmeinstrument of the Government of India is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Accelerated RuralWater Supply Programme under implementation since 1972-73, which is funded on a 50% matchingshare basis between the Government of India and the State Governments. The norms set in thescheme are:- 40 liters per capita per day(lpcd) of safe drinking water for human beings,- 30 lpcd additional for cattle in the Desert Development Programme Areas,- One hand pump or stand post for every 250 persons,- The water source should exist within 1.6km in the plains and within 100 meters elevationin the hilly areas.Water quality problems due to excess arsenic have got a special mention in the 'Bharat Nirman'document.8.2.2 Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP) & Pradhan MantryGramodaya Yojana (PMGY) - Rural Drinking Water.The Rural Water Supply Programme of Government of India, Ministry of Rural Development,Department of Drinking Water Supply, provides scope for action plans institutionalizingcommunity participation in the capital cost sharing, O & M and WQM& S for pilot schemes inthe water quality affected habitations. Providing safe drinking water in the Arsenic affectedareas is one of the priorities of the mission. The Rural Water Supply supportive activities arealso aimed at: (i) to ensure sustainability in scientific methodologies, (ii) to human resourcedevelopment for sustainable management of rural water supply schemes by community participationand empowerment together with adequately trained professional and sensitized planners,administrators and decision makers, and (ii) to research and develop for providing scientific and148NIH & CGWB
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