Report: Arsenic free bore-dugwell (PW125NRDH3) funded by Blue Planet Run Foundation (MSSCT)

Self-supporting community- based mitigation program that provides arsenic safe water using modified dugwells along with public education on water related health effects.

The site #PW125 located in the village Bishnupur, in Gaighata block of North 24 Parganas district, land donated by Jagadish Majumdar was cancelled by the geologists after plotting the geocodes on the earth google map. According to them the area is composed mostly of clay unsuitable for bore-dugwell.
The new site was selected in village of Nordaha in the same block. The land was donated by Ashik Dutta for the community.

A bore-dugwell is constructed. Waiting for pictures. The arsenic test and application of the disinfectant are scheduled. The community will be trained to apply the disinfectant and field workers will visit the bore-dugwell for two years or until the user community feels confident to take the responsibility of the bore-dugwell.

AAqua Welfare Society, AWS, is the partner NGO of Project Well. Their office is based in the North 24 Parganas. The 7 honorary board members are located in Kolkata. There were only 5 field workers who were interacting with the villagers and beneficiaries, training the users on maintenance of the dugwells, organizing village meetings and health meetings. This year four more field workers including a management trainee have been contracted due to expansion of the program to other districts like Nadia and Murshidabad. A technical advisor of AWS is based in Kolkata who visits the village occasionally and one awareness programmer who is in charge of awareness programs in the communities and educational institutions. There is an accountant and also a data entry person on part time basis.