Ujjwal K. Chowdhury, Bhajan Kumar Biswas, Tarit Roy Chowdhury, Gautam Samanta et al.
Nine districts in West Bengal, India, and 42 districts in Bangladesh have arsenic levels in groundwater above the World Health Organization maximum permissible limit of 50 microg/L. The area and population of the 42 districts in Bangladesh and the 9 districts in West Bengal are 92,106 km(2) and 79.9...
Tarit Roy Chowdhury, Gautam Basu, Badal Kumar Mandal, Bhajan Kumar Biswas et al.
Gautam Samanta, Tarit Roy Chowdhury, Badal Kumar Mandal, Bhajan Kumar Biswas et al.
Uttam Kumar Chowdhury, Bhajan Kumar Biswas, Tarit Roy Chowdhury, Gautam Samanta et al.
Nine districts in West Bengal, India, and 42 districts in Bangladesh have arsenic levels in groundwater above the World Health Organization maximum permissible limit of 50 microg/L. The area and population of the 42 districts in Bangladesh and the 9 districts in West Bengal are 92,106 km(2) and 79.9...
Uttam Kumar Chowdhury, Bhajan Kumar Biswas, Ratan Dhar, Gautam Samanta et al.
B A Hoque, AA Mahmood, M. Quadiruzzaman, Md Firoz Khan et al.
Arsenic problems have been observed in several countries around the world. The challenges of arsenic mitigation are more difficult for developing and poor countries due to resource and other limitations. Bangladesh is experiencing the worst arsenic problem in the world, as about 30 million people ar...
D. Chakraborti, Bhajan Kumar Biswas, Gautam Basu, Uttam Kumar Chowdhury et al.
The groundwater arsenic contamination in Bangladesh is a phenomenon of surface ero- sion, transportation and deposition in the form of Delta and ∼lood Plain. While dealing with such geomorphological units like Tableland, Flood Plain, Delta and Hill Tract in Bangladesh, we have found the possibility ...
Badal K. Mandai, Bhaja K. Biswas, Ratan Dhar, Tarit Roy Chowdhury et al.
Uttam Kumar Chowdhury, Bhajan Kumar Biswas, Tarit Roy Chowdhury, Badal Kumar Mandal et al.
Mohammad Imran Hossain, Atiya Bukhari, Hamad Almujibah, Mohammad Mahtab Alam et al.
World's highest arsenic (As) contamination is well-documented for the groundwater system of southwestern region (mainly Jashore district) of Bangladesh, where the majority of inhabitants are underprivileged. To mitigate As poisoning in southwestern Bangladesh, numerous steps have been taken so far b...
Tasnia Bahar Chowdhury, Kuniyaki Choi, Tarit Roy Chowdhury
The study explores the intersectionality of water crisis, climate change, and gender, focusing on the lived experiences and vulnerabilities of agricultural women in disaster-prone coastal areas of Bangladesh. Despite national progress in improving access to water, salinity intrusion, flooding, and c...
Tasnia Bahar Chowdhury, Kuniyaki Choi, Fatema Muntaha, Tarit Roy Chowdhury
The study assesses the water crisis and its management in the climate-vulnerable coastal areas of Bangladesh, focusing on household, agriculture, and aquaculture water risks. Coastal areas like Assasuni (Satkhira) and Moheshkhali (Cox’s Bazar) face severe water insecurity due to salinity intrusion, ...