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and Pollution Control are the integrated and conditional aspect
for basic health care. Keeping this in view, SHIS sits inception
started various programmes on the subject.
Integrated
Sanitation Program
Open air latrine poised environmental threat in the villages.
SHIS had set up latrines with septic tanks in the villages
of Sunmderbans. Being impressed by the activities and awareness
building and habit forming hygienic condition programme of
SHIS, Department of Rural Development, West Bengal SHIS as
a major implanting agency for Integrated Sanitation Project
through launching Sanitary Mart Project. During this year,
UNICEF and Government of India too extended their support
in the project. First Sanitary Mart Project was established
at Bhangar in April 2000. Subsequently, one at Minakhan Block
and the other at Haroa Block started functioning in July 2002
and February 2002. Rotary International, Chowringhee, Kolkata
branch has asisted SHIS in installing 10,000 latrines at Haroa,
Minakhan and Bhangar-II block during the year 2003-2004.
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Safe
drinking water
Safe drinking water is a basic need for mankind which
is absent in the remote villages of Sunderbans. Polluted pond
and river water had been the prime source of drinking water.
As a part of sanitation project of SHIS, Tube wells are being
installed in the villages so that the poor villagers get safe
drinking water.
Elimination of Arsenic and Fluoride
Arsenic and Fluoride are the two menace that pollute and contaminate
the habitable water that is used by the villagers. As a result,
they suffer from skin and other fatal diseases. It is a matter
of our pride that SHIS has developed during this year a Domestic
Water Filter within affordable reach of the villagers that
can remove the arsenic, fluoride and excess iron content from
the water. The process has since been approved and recognized
by the School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata and Government
of West Bengal.
Also, SHIS Sanitary Mart Centre has installed a Spectrophotometer
at Bhangar, that acts as Semi Auto Analyzer in the medicine
field and can test arsenic in water. This will be used for
soil test too, as action plan to detect arsenic in the underground
habitable water of the villagers.
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