A workshop on sustainable arsenic mitigation through community initiative and local government support was held in Jessore recently, says a press release.

The workshop was organised under the project titled 'Sustainable Arsenic Mitigation under the Integrated Local Government System' being implemented by Local Government with the technical cooperation of JICA.

The objective of the workshop was to share experience and outputs with other stakeholders and exchange views on tasks for next step towards the ultimate goal.

The speakers called upon the villagers to suggest what alternative water option is most suitable and sustainable for them.

Moyezuddin Ahmed, joint secretary to Local Government Division, was present at the workshop as chief guest while Fukuda, counsellor of the Embassy of Japan, Shoji Futamura, addl resident representative of JICA, Dr Md Shajahan Biswas, DG of Health Services, Mostafizur Rahman, chief engineer of DPHE and Prof Dr Firoz Ahmed of BUET were present at the workshop as special guests.