1. (PCU, ARIAS Society)

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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 59,69252,496431059391342305363395936592* * Excluding Karbi Anglong + Hailakandi (596+08)

5. ParticularsJune 2012December 2012% increase of progress STWS Installed58,46259,6922.10% Total samples collected35,85252,49646.42% Total samples tested30,68439,59329.03% Sample can not be collected during July to September due to Floods

7. District STW installed as on 08 Dec. 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 Baksa 89303002000500393 Barpeta 49220126115002100486161 Bongaigaon 538801291262912765196192 Chirang 1637050025088716370 Darrang 29931310001773832869124 Dhemaji 406551108210335056 Dhubri 8685991400521334552573428 Dibrugarh 902427000274628 Goalpara 8144129150012335185804797 Golaghat 6310227440271360 Hailakandi 10020028 Continued

8. 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 541010054005410 Kamrup 578629135020482299572660 K. Anglong 59600000 Kokrajhar 1270450850150012700 Lakhimpur 13781572367100905473 Morigaon 213201250358490209834 Nagaon 713964310534881726829310 Nalbari 202801578449020271 Sonitpur 232623510106502302125201 Sivasagar 3990235600295104 Tinsukia 80503000505805 0 Udalguri 6812325019015561863 Total596922008176121623216930524967196

9. SlDistrict Target of collection (nos) Sample collected (nos) Sample yet to collected (nos) Reasons of delay in collection of samples 1Dhubri 8685 52573428  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 902274628  Flood wave in July & Sept’12 delayed in sample collection.  Only 1 no. NGO is entrusted for Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Golaghat & Tinsukia districts.

10. 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 = 0.095 F = 3.18 4914 8 0.16 % 245104.08 % 2Darrang2 nos2849 As = 0.062 F = 2.18 2849 3 0.11 % 14310.70% 3Dhemaji2nos302 As = 0.0561 F = 7.42 302 3 0.99 % 15853.33% 4Dhubri3nos2636 As = 0.0 F = 3.40 2636 00%13275.30% 5Goalpara3nos4321As = 0.064 F = 3.55 4321 70.16 % 21641.85% Note: Permissible limit for drinking water As=0.05 mg/l, F=1.5 mg/l.

11. 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 = 2.60 3247 10.03%16242.47% 7Lakhimpur1 no792 As = 0.0 F = 3.90 792 00%4912.5% 8Nagaon5 nos6635 As = 0.0811 F = 1.80 6635 140.21%33230.9% 9Nalbari1 no1910 As = 0.0528 F = 0.0 1910 10.05%9600% 10Sonitpur1 no1758As = 0.068 F = 0.0 1758 10.058800% Note: Permissible limit for drinking water As=0.05 mg/l, F=1.5 mg/l.

13. 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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