IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

ISSUES AND CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH WATER-SUPPLY, SANITATION AND SEWERAGE RELATED FACILITIES ALONG WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SELECTED MICRO URBAN UNITS OF NABADWIP (M) IN NADIA, WBA GEO-CRITICAL ANECDOTE

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Dr. Ayan Das Gupta

Abstract

The Nabadwip Township persists at the western side of the mighty river Bhagirathi within the District of Nadia in West Bengal. It serves as an old and non-planned township with a vast areal extent of 11.66 Square Kilometre and according to the most recent Census, the total population of this urban unit encompasses total 1, 25543 persons. The slum dwellers do contribute a mammoth portion of population over here and the strength of population in the notified slum areas includes total 66,052 persons that do represent 52.61% of the entire spectrum of population. The totalistic literacy at Nabadwip is pretty satisfactory and it is Nearabout 81%. Being a flood-prone region, it has envisaged the flood events of 1971,1981,1999,2000 and 2006 that had a longing lingering look behind. In each and every year this urban belt does experience the inundation and therefore the local self-government is taking multiple positive measures to save the community. The present research has aimed to throw focus upon the physical infrastructural facilities mainly in the Nabadwip urban local body and under the umbrella of Physical facility-utility services, it is incorporating the spectrums of water supply, sanitation and sewerage related facilities. Not only the physical amenities, but also one particular non-physical infrastructure has also been focused upon in this discussion and that is the solid waste management. Apart from consultation of the secondary datasets in terms of the draft development plan of the Municipality, the researcher has prepared structured questionnaire to conduct perception survey for procuring the primary datasets. After through mixing and matching of the secondary data with those of the primary databases, different thematic overlays have been prepared here in Quantum GIS the open source softwares to reach to the geographically viable inferences. Several cartographic representations are constructed to portray the reality regarding the functioning of the Nodal Agency of Nabadwip.

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