Towards an Arsenic Safe Environment in Bangladesh - Unicef

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THE POLICY AND INSTITUTIONALFRAMEWORKThe Government of Bangladesh has formulated policies for the three differentsectors affected by arsenic contamination in the ground water; namely theNational Agriculture Policy, National Water Policy and National Health Policy;however there are no provisions for arsenic mitigation in these policies. Althoughan Arsenic Policy Support Unit and a National Committee was established, underthe implementation plan for Arsenic Mitigation of 2004, the Arsenic PolicySupport Unit no longer exists and the National Committee is inactive. Both thepolicy and implementation plan need to be revitalized by the Government tobring a new dynamism to arsenic mitigation in Bangladesh. A significantinstitutional review commissioned by the Local Government Division (LGD) of theMinistry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives (MLGRD&C)and the Policy Support Unit (PSU) called for a review of the Implementation Planfor Arsenic Mitigation of 2004. This is a first crucial step towards revitalizingarsenic mitigation.The LGD of the MLGRD&C is the nodal Government unit for managing the arsenicissue. Under the LGD; the Pourashavas, the City Corporations, the Water andSanitation Authorities in Dhaka and Chittagong, Local Government EngineeringDepartment (LGED) and the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) havecontributed to arsenic mitigation. DPHE is the lead technical organizationresponsible for supporting the LGD and the local government institutions (LGIs)in planning and delivery of solutions and the management of the arsenic problem.The LGIs have been delegated the responsibility to ensure safe water for all. Toexecute this responsibility, the LGIs can deploy their social and legal authority toleverage ‘testing and marking’ of all sources for arsenic contamination by all waterservice providers (i.e. public & private, households & communities) within theirjurisdiction.One of the features of the institutional landscape is the very large number ofagencies (governmental and non-governmental) engaged in arsenic-relatedinterventions. Coordination is challenging not least because of the multi-sectoralnature of the problem.
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Page 1: TOWARDS ANARSENIC SAFEENVIRONMENTIN
Page 4 and 5: INTRODUCTIONIt was thought that Ban
Page 6 and 7: WHAT HAS BEENDONEAfter the detectio
Page 10 and 11: EMERGINGTHREATSThough considerable
Page 12 and 13: The primary treatment for arsenic p
Page 14 and 15: FOODSECURITYThe continuous build up
Page 16 and 17: KEYACTIONSSeveral key actions have
Page 18 and 19: CONCLUSIONDuring the 1980s and 1990

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