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BAHRAICH ARSENIC MITIGATION PROJECT (BAMP)

(2009)

BAMP is being implemented by University of Miyazaki (UOM), Japan in collaboration with Eco Friends. The project is being supported by JICA Kyushu, Japan. BAMP office started in September 2008.

Our Team:

Prof. Hiroshi Yokota-Project Manager
Mr. Rakesh K Jaiswal-Dy. Project Managar
Mr. Yasunori Yano-Dy. Project Manager
Mr. Piyush Jaiswal-Field Coordinator
Ms. Swati Singh-Office Manager
Ms. Sharmila Rai-Health Worker
Mr. Layak Ram Jaiswal-Field Worker
Mr. Pankaj Chaturvedi-Field Worker
Mr. Amit-Driver

Apart from our regular staff, we’ve a regular stream of visitors from UOM and interns.

About Bahraich:

District Bahraich has an international border with Nepal on the northern part. District Barabanki and Sitapur are in South, Khiri in West and Gonda & Sravasti in East. It is situated between the 28.24 & 27.4 latitude & 81.65 to 81.3 eastern longitude. Bahraich has a Geographical area of 4696.8 sq km. There are 12 development blocks in Bahraich district. According to census of 2001, the total population of Bahraich is 2381072.

Results of Screening Testing of Arsenic in Bahraich by UP Jal Nigam:

Testing for Arsenic was done in 10 out of 14 Blocks of District. The screening programme followed the protocol of testing 1 water source from habitations with 1-10 water sources and 2 sources from habitations with more than 10 sources. The results of Arsenic Testing are given in the following Table:

Sl. No.	Name of Blocks	Revenue Villages	No. of samples to be tested	No of Total HPs tested	Upto 10 ppb	10 ppb- 40 ppb	40 ppb- 50 ppb	Above 50 ppb
1	Mihinpurwa	104	796	617	91	167	60	74
2	Balaha	70	491	506	10	13	1	6
3	Shivpur	72	613	569	21	185	140	108
4	Mahasi *	94	738	479	68	70	31	11
5	Chitaura *	132	642	670	75	68	10	23
6	Tejwapur	87	896	767	72	258	178	215
7	Phakharpur	121	958	573	83	168	87	61
8	Kaisarganj	109	829	758	121	317	91	42
9	Jarwal	120	948	619	92	68	16	23
10	Huzoorpur *	110	1172	951	136	216	115	203
		1019	8083	6509	769	1530	729	766

BAMP has selected 3 habitations (Chetra Proper, Passinpatti & Chainpurwa) of Chetra and 4 habitations (Newada Proper, Babhunichak, Korinpurwa, Dhannipurwa) of Newada village. Both the villages are in Tejwapur Block.

Our mission:

Our mission is to free the people of our project area from the clutches of arsenic contamination of groundwater through an integrated approach.

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