• BHASKAR CHAUDHURI

Safe drinking water is vital for our survival. Access to safe purified water is not easily accessible in the backward regions of Alipurduar district due to lack of purchasing power and awareness. Water borne diseases like digestion problems, kidney ailments, hepatitis, jaundice etc. are common in Kumargram block of Alipurduar district. There are issues such as, ground water contamination due to dolomite intrusion in ground water as a result of continued erosion in the hills of Bhutan and Dooars. Besides, population explosion has caused increasing pollution in the rivers and groundwater also. Thus the health issues are studied with the help of case studies in sample villages involving 553 families of Kumargram block including the tea gardens, tribal areas, major hamlets and trading centers etc. The sample villages are selected by stratified random sampling method. Studies have also been conducted in the hospitals and health centers for getting patient related information. The objective of the research is to focus on several parameters, i.e. source of drinking water, family economic background and use of safe water, awareness, level of education, distance from major habitats, caste, religion etc. Statistical tool such as regression has been used for analysis of the problem. The study has also used secondary studies done in the region mainly involving water quality analysis and related health hazards. The objective of the research is to focus on several parameters, i.e. source of drinking water, family economic background and use of safe water, awareness, level of education, distance from major habitats, caste, religion etc. Statistical tool such as regression has been used for analysis of the problem.

drinking water, health hazard, dolomite, Kumargram, pollution

"HEALTH HAZARDS AND USE OF DRINKING WATER IN KUMARGRAM BLOCK, ALIPURDUAR DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.506-509, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904169.pdf

"HEALTH HAZARDS AND USE OF DRINKING WATER IN KUMARGRAM BLOCK, ALIPURDUAR DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp506-509, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904169.pdf