Status Report of

Environment Management unit

(till 08 December 2012)

(PCU, ARIAS Society)

Activity ChartACTIVITY STATUS

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

ACTIVITY STATUS

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.

Total samples collecte

d

Total samples yet to collect

Total samples tested

Test samples under testing

Remarks

87.94% 11.04% 75.42% 24.58% The balance sample collection

& testing is under progress.

Progress % of water sample testing

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

59,692 52,496 43105 9391 34230 5363 39593 6592*

* Excluding Karbi Anglong + Hailakandi (596+08)

Comparative progress statement of water testing

58462 59692

35852

52496

30684

39593

0

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

Jun-12 Dec-12

Total STWs installed

Total water sample

collected

Total water sample

tested

Particulars June 2012 December 2012

% increase of progress

STWS Installed 58,462 59,692 2.10%

Total samples collected 35,852 52,496 46.42%

Total samples tested 30,684 39,593 29.03%

Sample can not be collected during July to September due to Floods

Graphical Representation District Wise Progress

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 893 0 300 200 0 500 393

Barpeta 4922 0 1261 1500 2100 4861 61Bongaigaon 5388 0 1291 2629 1276 5196 192Chirang 1637 0 500 250 887 1637 0Darrang 2993 13 1000 1773 83 2869 124Dhemaji 406 55 110 82 103 350 56Dhubri 8685 991 400 521 3345 5257 3428Dibrugarh 902 4 270 0 0 274 628Goalpara 8144 129 1500 1233 5185 8047 97Golaghat 631 0 227 44 0 271 360Hailakandi 10 0 2 0 0 2 8

District wise status

Continued

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 541 0 100 540 0 541 0Kamrup 5786 29 1350 2048 2299 5726 60K. Anglong 596 0 0 0 0 0 596Kokrajhar 1270 450 850 150 0 1270 0Lakhimpur 1378 15 723 67 100 905 473Morigaon 2132 0 1250 358 490 2098 34Nagaon 7139 64 3105 3488 172 6829 310Nalbari 2028 0 1578 449 0 2027 1Sonitpur 2326 235 1010 650 230 2125 201Sivasagar 399 0 235 60 0 295 104Tinsukia 805 0 300 0 505 805 0Udalguri 681 23 250 190 155 618 63

Total 59692 2008 17612 16232 16930 52496 7196

District wise status

Sl District

Target of

collection (nos)

Sample collect

ed (nos)

Sample yet to

collected (nos)

Reasons of delay in collection of samples

1 Dhubri 8685 5257 3428 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.

2 Dibrugarh

902 274 628 Flood wave in July & Sept’12 delayed in sample collection.

Only 1 no. NGO is entrusted for Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Golaghat & Tinsukia districts.

Districts lagging in sample collection

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

Districts having As & F levels above the permissible limits

Sl District Block Total samples of

District

tested

Maximum levels found (mg/l)

Total sample

s of District tested

Arsenic (As) Fluoride (F)

Total

Nos % Total Nos %

1 Bongaigaon 2 nos 4914 As = 0.095F = 3.18

4914 4914

8 0.16%

245 10 4.08 %

2 Darrang 2 nos 2849 As = 0.062F = 2.18

2849 2849

3 0.11%

143 1 0.70%

3 Dhemaji 2nos 302 As = 0.0561F = 7.42

302 302 3 0.99%

15 8 53.33%

4 Dhubri 3nos 2636 As = 0.0F = 3.40

2636 2636

0 0% 132 7 5.30%

5 Goalpara 3nos 4321 As = 0.064F = 3.55

4321 4321

7 0.16%

216 4 1.85% Note: Permissible limit for drinking water As=0.05 mg/l, F=1.5 mg/l.

Sl no

District Block Total sample

s of District tested

Maximum levels found

(mg/l)

Total samples

of District tested

Arsenic (As) Fluoride (F)

Total Nos % Total Nos %

6 Kamrup 1no 3247 As = 0.0F = 2.60

3247 3247 1 0.03% 162 4 2.47%

7 Lakhimpur

1 no 792 As = 0.0F = 3.90

792 792 0 0% 49 1 2.5%

8 Nagaon 5 nos 6635 As = 0.0811F = 1.80

6635 6635 14 0.21% 332 3 0.9%

9 Nalbari 1 no 1910 As = 0.0528F = 0.0

1910 1910 1 0.05% 96 0 0%

10 Sonitpur 1 no 1758 As = 0.068F = 0.0

1758 1758 1 0.05 88 0 0%

Note: Permissible limit for drinking water As=0.05 mg/l, F=1.5 mg/l.

Districts having As & F levels above the permissible limits

District wise As/F/Fe presence in blocks

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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