Abstract
<i>Objective (s)</i>: The current investigation has been carried out to determine the health hazard caused by water and mosquito borne diseases in the valley of river Barak along Silchar city (Assam); which has been recognized as a vulnerable area in terms of various kinds of hazards. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: In this study, the data analysis for several water and mosquito borne diseases <i>viz.</i>, Acute diarrhoea, Bacillary dysentery, Enteric fever and Malaria has been accomplished proficiently on monthly as well as annually interval for a period of 5 successive years (i.e. 2015 to 2019). <i>Results</i>: The data demonstrates that the concentration of patients affected by Acute diarrhoea and Malaria was found to be decreased irrespective of years. On the other hand, in the cases of Bacillary dysentery and Enteric fever, the concentration of patients has been observed to be continue increasing within due course of the five years. <i>Conclusion</i>: On the basis of the results, It can be argued that Bacillary Dysentery and Enteric fever illustrated the similar and increasing trend; On the contrary, Acute diarrhoea and Malaria has been showed the drastically decreasing trend throughout the study period i.e., from 2015 to 2019.
Highlights
The North-eastern region of India consists of the eight states namely, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim; which expends over the area of about 262,179 square kilometres [1].Among of the above, Assam is called as the gateway for north-eastern region of the country and known as the “Land of red river and the blue hills” [2]
The findings of current study with the aim of investigating health hazard associated with water and mosquito borne diseases in Barak valley along Silchar city of Assam can be shown as follows
During 2015, the number of patients affected by Acute diarrhoea, Enteric fever and Malaria ranged between 868 to 1385, 27 to 81 and 65 to 133, respectively
Summary
The North-eastern region of India consists of the eight states namely, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim; which expends over the area of about 262,179 square kilometres [1]. Assam is called as the gateway for north-eastern region of the country and known as the “Land of red river and the blue hills” [2]. The Barak is an important river of North-eastern region of the country as well as of Assam in particular. The valley of Barak has a width of 25-30 km and it expands over an area of 6,962 square kilometres accounting for around 9 percent of the total geographical area of the state of Its basin spreads within longitudes 89°50’ E to 94°0’ E and latitudes 22°44’ N to 25°58’ N along with maximal length and width of 460 kilometres and 350 kilometres respectively.
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