Arsenic Risk Reduction Project (ARRP) is being implemented by the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE), under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Co-operatives, Government of Bangladesh. The main objective of the project is to provide safe water to the arsenic affected population in upazila having union(s) more than 60% arsenic contaminated as identified by the Sitation Analysis of Arsenic Mitigation 2009 by DPHE & JICA. To identify the present situation of arsenic contamination of the country by blanket screening of the point water sources is the second important objective of the project. The Project intends to hire a competent, qualified & experienced local NGO to assist DPHE in the implementation of the screening activities in the arsenic contaminated unions of the country.
Planning and Implementation: Cabinet Division, A2I, BCC, DoICT and BASIS