Gaighata
Gaighata
Gaighata | |
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Town/ CD Block | |
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| Government | |
| • MLA | Jyotipriya Mallick |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 300,418 |
| Website | north24parganas.nic.in/ |
| CD Block | |
Gaighata (Template:Lang-bn) is a town with a police station and a community development block in Bangaon subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The area in a rural setting is facing the problem of arsenic contamination of groundwater.
Transport
Gaighata is on NH 35 from Barasat to Bangaon and the Bangladesh border. A privately operated express bus (No. 250) from Esplanade to Bangaon goes via Gaighata.[1] Gaighata now has good connectivity with all surrounding villages by means of autorikshas and trekars. One can easily reach Ranaghat and Basirhat by bus. Recently another privately operated bus ( No. DN 44 ) from ( Bangaon to Dakshineswar ) also goes via Gaighata and Gopal pur.
Demographics
In the 2001 census, Gaighata community development block had a population of 300,418 out of which 154,217 were males and 146,201 were females.[2]
Administration
Gaighata is an intermediate panchayat (local self government) under 24 Parganas North Zilla Parishad. Village panchayats under Gaighata intermediate panchayat are – Chandpara, Dharampur I & II, Duma, Fulsara, Ichapur I & II, Jaeswar I & II, Jhaudanga, Ramnagar, Shimulpur and Sutia.[3]
Healthcare
Gaighata is one of the areas where groundwater is affected by arsenic contamination.[4] According to the findings of the Arsenic Dushan Protirodh Committee (ADPC), a national-level NGO which aims to spread awareness of arsenic and prevent arsenic poisoning through water, found at least 70 tube-wells were reportedly supplying water highly contaminated with arsenic. The ADPC tested water from wells across Gaighata block in North 24-Parganas as well as urine samples of 100 school children.[5]
The possibility of a low cost river water treatment plant utilizing water from Yamuna-Ichhamati at Gighata has been considered. However, this is not considered feasible because the river is highly polluted, costs would considerably increased because of installation of chemical treatment plant to remove pollutants, and the volume of water in the river in summer season is not sufficient.[6] Project Well, a NGO, is implementing a self-supporting community-based mitigation program in Gaighata to provide arsenic safe water by constructing 20 modified conventional dugwells along with education on water related health effects to change behaviour.[7]
References
- ^ "Travel - Transport". Kolkata Bus Routes. calcuttaweb. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
- ^ "Census of India 001". Provisional population totals, West Bengal, Table 4. Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
- ^ "Admin Reports of NPP". Details of West Bengal till Panchayat Level. Ministry of Panchayati Raj Government of India. Retrieved 2007-09-18. [dead link]
- ^ "Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (19 years study )". Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India. SOES. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
- ^ "Arsenic mitigation programme". sos-aresenic.net. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
- ^ "An assessment of alternative methods of providing arsenic free water in villages of North-24-Parganas, West Bengal, India". Retrieved 2007-09-19. [dead link]
- ^ "India, West Bengal - Arsenic Safe Drinking Water: Gaighata". info@blueplanetrun.org. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
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