Unhygienic Water Is the Cause of Water Borne Disease Among Villagers: A Case of Gujrat-Pakistan

Type Journal Article - World Applied Sciences Journal
Title Unhygienic Water Is the Cause of Water Borne Disease Among Villagers: A Case of Gujrat-Pakistan
Author(s)
Volume 29
Issue 12
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2014
Page numbers 1484-1491
URL http://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj29(12)14/2.pdf
Abstract
Pakistan have an approximately 44% of the community without ability of safe drinking water. In rural areas, up to 90% people do not have safe water. As one indication of the force of the hitch, it is about 200,000 children in Pakistan die every year of diarrheal diseases alone. Gujrat district consists of three Tehsils, 119 union councils and 1,065 villages. According to 1998 Census, area of district is 3,192 sq.km and population is 2,048,008. Total Housing Units of the district are 305,097 of which only 64,554 (21.15%) have been facilitated with piped water. The main objective of the study is to analysis relation between source of water and water 0borne diseases among the villagers The researcher has selected three villages Lehri, Thuma malka and Kharana peer ghazi of District Gujrat. This was a descriptive study. The researcher described the effect of the unsafe water on the inhabitant’s health. Survey research method used to collect data. Data collected by using a well-structured questionnaire. The sample size of three villages was 265. In this study, exploratory as well as descriptive methods used to analyze the data and information. This study carried out to evaluate the water quality of targeted area. Very high water pollution observed during the study which was water borne disease among the villagers.

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