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- Spatial Analysis of Health Care Facility:A Block Level Study in Birbhum District, West Bengal
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1 Department of Geography, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia-723 104, West Bengal, IN
1 Department of Geography, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia-723 104, West Bengal, IN
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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 12, No 2 (2015), Pagination: 191-200Abstract
A study on the status of health care facility across all the Blocks of Birbhum district, West Bengal was made based on secondary data collected from District Statistical Handbook, Birbhum, 2012. We have taken five basic indicators, namely, Health Care Institution Population Ratio (HCIPR), Doctor Bed Ratio (DBR), Bed Population Ratio (BPR), Doctor Health Care Institution Ratio (DHCIR) and Bed Health Care Institution Ratio (BHCIR). We compute Health Care Facility Index (HCFI) to investigate the health care delivery system of the district. The study confirms that the status of health care facility (HCF) of Birbhum district is not in a good position except in Suri-I block. The centralization of health care facility is observed in the district.Keywords
Health Care Institution, Health Care Facility Index, Birbhum District, West Bengal.References
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- Fluoride Contamination in Ground Water and its Impact on Human Health: a Case Study in Purulia District, West Bengal
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1 Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, IN
2 Department of Geography, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal, IN
1 Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, IN
2 Department of Geography, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal, IN
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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 13, No 1 (2016), Pagination: 59-66Abstract
Fluoride contamination in drinking water is a burning environmental issue of the World today. The people of nearly 29 countries are affected with 'fluorosis' due to intake of fluoride-rich water including India. In West Bengal, excess fluoride in groundwater has been found in seven districts. Those are Purulia, Birbhum, Bardhaman, Bankura, Malda, South Dinajpur and North Dinajpur. Fluorine is a common element that does not occur in the elemental state in nature because of its high reactivity. It exists in the form of fluorides in a number of minerals. High fluoride is derived from fluoride rich minerals, such as, apatite, fluorite, hornblende and biotite which are present in the country rocks dominated by granite gneisses and hornblende-biotite gneiss. It is observed that the sub-surface geo-hydrological environment of Purulia is contaminated with fluoride. Intensive and prolonged semi-arid climate, long term withdrawal of groundwater for irrigation, alkaline nature of sub-surface circulating water, long residence time of water in fractured aquifers and geological structure are the favourable conditions for fluoride enrichment (2%-10%) in the Purulia region. Geological set up of Purulia plays a major role for availability of ground water as well as the quality of water. In Raghunathpur-I, Purulia II and Arsha Blocks of Purulia district, fluoride concentration is higher than permissible limit in ground water. Water samples were collected from 25 different tube wells under Purulia Block-II and Raghunathpur-II in Purulia district. Sampling bottles were labelled, tightly packed, transported to the laboratory and stored at 4°C for chemical analysis, such as, total dissolved solid (TDS), total hardness (TH), total alkalinity (TA), Calcium (Ca2+), Magnesium (Mg2+), total Iron (Fe) fluoride (F-). Data were also collected from Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) department of West Bengal. The present work peeps into the negative effect of fluoride on the human health of fluoride affected Blocks of the study area.Keywords
Country Rocks, Geological Structure, Genesis, Contamination, Fluoride.References
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- Environmental Impact of Sand Mining: a Case Study along the Lower Reaches of Ajay River, West Bengal, India
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1 Department of Geography, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal, IN
2 Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, IN
3 Department of Geography, Barabazar Bikram Tudu Memorial College, Purulia, West Bengal, IN
1 Department of Geography, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal, IN
2 Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, IN
3 Department of Geography, Barabazar Bikram Tudu Memorial College, Purulia, West Bengal, IN
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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 13, No 1 (2016), Pagination: 99-108Abstract
Indiscriminate and unscientific sand mining has become a serious environmental threat to the river systems and its surrounding environment. The rapid rate of urbanization has increased the demand for sand, which is supplied from river bed through sand mining. Sand mining from river bed results in channel degradation and erosion, change in local gradient, head cutting, increased turbidity, bank erosion and sedimentation of riffle areas and ruins its flow regimes and total sedimentary environment. In lower reaches of Ajay river, unscientific sand mining is a serious issue from Illambajar (Birbhum) to Mongalkot (Burdwan) fluvial environment of Ajay river basin, which is highly affected by in-stream sand mining. Natural morphological characteristics of Ajay river are changed and damaged due to over mining of sand. Excessive in-stream sand mining is a threat to Illambajar bridge and Nutanhut bridge. River embankments are also affected by river bed mining. Sand mining also affects the adjoining groundwater system. In Mongalkot and Ketugram Blocks (Burdwan), ground water level becomes lower than the past. Sand mining also generates extra vehicle traffic, which negatively impairs the environment and pollution level continuously gets higher. Total station survey was carried out to detect the changes in river bed. Topographical sheets and satellite images were geocoded to extract past status of river health and tried to correlate with the present situation. GPS (Handheld-Germin etrexH-20) was used as necessary tool in the present study. The main objective of the present study is to evaluate the impact of sand mining on riparian environment.Keywords
Sand Mining, Sedimentation, Head Cutting, Embankments, Organism.References
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