Year: 2018 | Month: December | Volume 6 | Issue 2
Environmental Impact Assessment & Incidence of Occurrence of Disease among the Public Health in East Kolkata Wetland Area
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Abstract:
The wetland of the east Kolkata is spread over 12,500 hectares and comprises a large number of water. In Calcutta many poor people depend on the vegetable and fish produced here for their living. The sewage of Kolkata has got a new meaning because of a huge number of farmers and fisherman who used the city waste products as a useful resource for the traditional practice of fisheries and agriculture instead of harming the public. The objective of this study is to conduct a survey and collect databases regarding the lifestyle and disease of local people. It was an observational study done in February 2019, around the slums of East Kolkata Wetland. A schedule was prepared including an observational checklist for assessing different aspects. According to this report there are five major police stations under EKW area and this includes total 264 bheris. Maximum people depend of fish cultivation for their survival having monthly income range from 1000-10000 rupees per month. Maximum number of people are literate up to primary level and the rate is very low when it comes to higher secondary education. According to our survey maximum people said to have fever or cholera or diarrhea or other related issues. And the percentage is very high for fever. The present study found that the slum people around EKW is very much dependent on the wetland for their living and income and they are very prone to wetland related diseases.
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