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June 23, 2000 Sylhet (UNB) – Five local NGOs started field level work in 11 unions of Golapganj upazila under a massive programme to eliminate arsenic contamination in water. As part of the nine-month programme that began on June 1, the field workers will visit door-to-door to make the villagers aware of arsenic consequences and constitute groups among the beneficiaries. The groups will train the villagers of the method of eliminating arsenic from water. A preliminary survey conducted last year in the upazila detected arsenic in 2,000 tubewells, of which 500 were found contaminated with arsenic beyond tolerable level. |