<strong>Mitigation</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Remedy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Groundwater</strong> <strong>Arsenic</strong> <strong>Menace</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong> : A Vision DocumentThe method <strong>of</strong> operation <strong>of</strong> different activities could be as follows:A. Formulation <strong>and</strong> implementation <strong>of</strong> social sector schemes- By <strong>in</strong>itiation <strong>of</strong> dialogues between Central Govt. <strong>and</strong> the State Govts.- State Government has the responsibility to formulate <strong>and</strong> implement the schemes; CentralGovernment can provide technical <strong>in</strong>puts <strong>in</strong> formulation <strong>and</strong> implementation <strong>of</strong> the schemes, ifnecessary.B. R & D ProgrammesThe R & D programmes on envisaged areas shall be by <strong>in</strong>vitation <strong>of</strong> project from theresource persons/Institutions/Organizations <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong>. The R & D programmes <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g foreigncollaborators shall also be by <strong>in</strong>vitation from selected Institutions/Organizations. Follow<strong>in</strong>g aresome <strong>of</strong> the resource/expert Institutions/ Organizations that can be entrusted with R & Dprogrammes accord<strong>in</strong>g to the areas <strong>of</strong> expertise <strong>and</strong> mutual <strong>in</strong>terest.Type <strong>of</strong> R & DprogrammesLaboratory ScaleR & DsBroad areas<strong>Arsenic</strong> removal filters &devises; <strong>in</strong>novative techniquesfor arsenic removal, Laboratorybased research & chemicalanalysis, etc.Name <strong>of</strong> the Institutions/Organizations(i) All <strong>India</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> Public Health &Hygiene, Kolkata.(ii) Bengal Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g College,Howrah.(iii) <strong>India</strong>n Toxicological ResearchInstitute, Lucknow.(iv) <strong>India</strong>n Institute <strong>of</strong> TechnologyRoorkee, Kanpur, Delhi.(v) <strong>India</strong>n Institute <strong>of</strong> Sciences,Bangalore.(vi) School <strong>of</strong> Environmental Studies,Jadavpur University, Kolkata.(vii) Water Technology Mission, ICAR.(viii) School <strong>of</strong> Tropical Medic<strong>in</strong>e,Kolkata(ix) Kalyani University, W.B(i) BARC, Trombay, Mumbai.(ii) Central Ground Water Board.(iii) Geological Survey <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong>, Kolkata(iv) <strong>India</strong>n School <strong>of</strong> M<strong>in</strong>es, Dhanbad.(v) National Institute <strong>of</strong> Hydrology, Roorkee.(vi) National Geophysical ResearchInstitute, Hyderabad.NIH & CGWB 153
Roadmap for Achiev<strong>in</strong>g Envisaged TargetsField level R &DsMonitor<strong>in</strong>g, mapp<strong>in</strong>g, feasibilitystudies, model<strong>in</strong>g studies, pilotscale studies, deeper aquifersdetection, source, age <strong>and</strong> genesisdetection, Geochemicalstudy, watershed managementstudy, pilot study for <strong>in</strong>-situremedy, etc.<strong>Arsenic</strong> <strong>in</strong> Food Cha<strong>in</strong>s(vii) State Public Health Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>gDepartments.(viii) State Ground Water Departments.(ix) School <strong>of</strong> Water ResourcesEng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, Jadavpur University,Kolkata.(x) School <strong>of</strong> Fundamental Research,Kolkata.(xi) A.N College, Magadh University, Patna(xii) Dept <strong>of</strong> Applied Geology, ISMUniversity, Dhanbad(xiii) Dept <strong>of</strong> Geology, Sahebganj College,Sahibganj, Jharkh<strong>and</strong>(xiv) Centre for Ground Water Studies (NGO)(i)(ii)(iii)Bidhan Ch<strong>and</strong>ra Krishi Viswavidhalaya,West Bengal,Agricultural University, Bihar.Agricultural University, U.P.Social & environmental impactanalysis, public-privateentrepreneurship, etc.(i)(ii)(iii)<strong>India</strong>n Institute <strong>of</strong> Social Welfare &Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Management (IISWBM)Centre for Studies <strong>of</strong> Man &Environment, Kolkata, (NGO)Institute <strong>of</strong> Economic Studies, Patna,Foreign OrganizationsCollaborative studies(i) CSIRO, Adelaide, Australia.(ii) Harbauer GmbH, Germany.(iii) Queen's University, Belfast, UK.(iv) Swiss Federal Institute for AquaticScience & Technology, Switzerl<strong>and</strong>.(v) University <strong>of</strong> Guelph, Canada.(vi) US-EPA & USGS.(vii) Department <strong>of</strong> Earth Sciences,University College <strong>of</strong> London, GowerStreet, London WCIE 6 BT, UK.(viii) UNICEF(ix) WHO154NIH & CGWB