GALLERY 06 | WATER AND PUBLIC HEALTH

EXHIBIT
02/02

Covid and Access to Water

Photo Source: Abhijit Ekbote
EXHIBITOR'S NOTE

Washing Away the Pandemic

As COVID started rapidly spreading in Mumbai from April
2020 onwards, a pattern began emerging.

It was soon evident that COVID hotspots were mostly in areas which are unplanned or informal, having extreme resource constraints and a high population density. It was also seen that more than half of the COVID hotspots were within 200 meters

of each other and access to water in these areas is as low as 20 to 30 liters per capita per day (lpcd), whereas planned or formal areas enjoy over 135 lpcd, showing a clear relationship between COVID spread, population density and access to water.

CONTRIBUTORS

Abhijit Ekbote

Sources

COVID Data : MCGM Website

Water Data : Business Plan for Mumbai Metropolitan Region, 2003

महामारीवर मात करताना

मुंबईत मार्च २०२० पासून कोवीडचा प्रसार ज्या तीव्रतेने होऊ लागला,
तेव्हा यामागील चित्र हळूहळू स्पष्ट होत गेले.

दाटीवाटीच्या, गर्दीच्या आणि कोणत्याही नियोजनाशिवाय पसरलेल्या वस्त्यांमध्ये कोवीड केंद्र समोर येऊ लागली. इतकंच नाही तर ही केंद्र बरेचदा एकमेकांपासून जेमतेम २०० मीटर अंतरावर होती. मुख्य म्हणजे, या ठिकाणी प्रति व्यक्ती केवळ २० ते ३० लिटर पाणी पुरवठा होतो,

तर दुसरीकडे नियोजित शहरात मात्र तो पुरवठा प्रति व्यक्ती १३५ लिटरपेक्षा जास्त असतो. कोविडचा प्रसार, लोकांची दाटी आणि आवश्यक पाणी पुरवठा या सर्वांचा परस्पर संबंध यातून अधोरेखित होतो.

योगदान

अभिजित एकबोटे

स्त्रोत

कोविड डेटा: एमसीजीएम वेबसाइट

पाणी डेटा: मुंबई महानगर प्रदेशासाठी व्यवसाय योजना, २००३

Graph showing the spread of COVID in Mumbai from April to December 2020

“Map showing that 41% of COVID spots were on informal
settlements as per May 2020 data”

“Map showing that the density of COVID spots clearly follow
high density areas with poor urban services”

“Map showing that 50% of COVID spots are within 200 meters of each other”

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