Intra-Municipal Infrastructural Disparities –A Case Study Of Howrah Municipality, Wb And Its Selected Wards

Abstract

This study is throwing focus regarding the disparity of municipal work associated with infrastructure of Howrah. This study covers four wards of Howrah namely Uluberia (27 No. ward), Sibpure Botanical garden area (39 No. ward), Jagacha (46 No. ward) and lastly Balitikuri (50 No. ward). This research projects luminous rays upon water supply, sanitation-sewerage, health, education, solid waste management and road infrastructure. Through this, the researcher has found several gaps amongst the Municipal works in the four wards. In the context of water Supply, households of 27 and 39 are satisfied but in 46 and 50 No. wards, households are quite dissatisfied regarding the water supply through Municipal tap-water connections. In the context of sanitation and sewerage related facilities, within 39 No. ward, all the family have proper advantages. On the other side, in the counterpart of 46 No. wards, a significant proportion of families are using open places as their defecation points. There stands a huge gap of municipal work with reference to the sanitation works. In the context of health and education related facilities, all the wards are satisfied with services rendered , but in 46 No. ward, a significant proportion of people turns up the the quacks for their treatment. This indicates orthodox nature and less awareness. On the contrary, the education attainment of this ward stands of very much lower quality. In all wards, most of the people are educated up to primary and secondary level and a considerable proportion of people have attained higher level of education but this value is very much less specially in 46 No. ward i.e. Jagacha. In the context of solid waste management facility, there are so many gaps present in municipal initiatives. The 39 No. wards obtains full benefits from municipality regarding disposal system of waste but on the other side, the 27 No. ward i.e Uluberia does suffer from the ailments of solid waste disposal. In 27 No. ward all people dispose garbages on the roadside as a result of which there is spread or proliferation of several diseases. They have no supplementary measures to dispose garbage in a specific place; by the Nodal agency and they don’t get adequate help from the Local Self Government regarding the clearance of solid waste. Road infrastructure is good on an average. The aforementioned points are discussed with minute details in this academic input and secondary as well as primary datasets are used to portray such details. Geographically viable inferences are drawn as well from the thematic displays.