As part of the Gangetic Plain, Nepal has many regions impacted by natural arsenic contamination of groundwater. STHF has recently gotten involved in providing HAIX treatment facilities in Nepal along with the support of Tagore-SenGupta Foundation (USA) and several other organizations. First tests confirm successful treatment. Click HERE for the test report.
The Inauguration of Aqua Bengal Enterprise on April 15, 2013 was a great success! Water was sweet. Sales began. And all were happy.
Mrs. Ruplekha Bannerjee, a housewife turned professionally successful woman. And TSF has given her the opportunity to define herself as a woman of power, thus giving every means to celebrate her womanhood. Since 2013 Mrs. Bannerjee of Simurali, an arsenic prone zone of Nadia, West Bengal runs a water treatment plant all by herself. She supplies 20ltrs. of treated water to at least 25 families each day. Her success is our pride and we feel even more accomplished as an NGO to see her managing her enterprise efficiently. She also supplies water to caterers for any occasion, to the business organizations and to family parties as well. Her accumulated income is about Rs. 30,000 per month. |
Dr. Arup SenguptaArup K. SenGupta is P. C. Rossin Professor and Chairperson of Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Lehigh University. Archives
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