Urbanization and Groundwater Supply in Barddhaman Municipality, Barddhaman, West Bengal

By : Mahamaya Laha

Page No: 41-59

Abstract
Barddhaman, the district headquarters of Barddhaman district, West Bengal was once developed by Burdwan Rajas amidst the surrounding fertile agricultural tract as an agricultural market town. But now its growing service sector invites bulk of migrants and commuters to the town. The Municipality supplies 56 lakh litres of groundwater per day, but it’s inadequate to meet the need of 3 lakh inhabitants and lakhs of floating population to the town daily. Educational facilities of university and colleges, medical facilities of hospitals and nursing homes, marketing facilities and above all excellent transport facility of the town by rail and road network connecting the rural hinterland and urban- industrial regions of Kolkata, Asansol and Durgapur enlure people of surrounding districts to migrate here. So vertical expansion of the town and rising demands for water from domestic and commercial sectors are supposed to put pressure on the town’s water resource and this may cause water crisis in the town in future.

Author :
Mahamaya Laha : Assistant Professor, Netaji Mahavidyalaya, Arambagh.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/ATNAGI.2018.38.01.4