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Water and sanitation situation in urban villages of Gurgaon: A geographical analysis

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Pages: 230-234
Jagdish Duhan (Department of Geography, Govt. College, Barwala, Hisar, Haryana)

The growth of urban areas and engulfing of villages in the city boundaries is a reality of the continuous process of urbanization in India. Gurgaon’s laissez faire development saw many of these urban villages being left as ugly eye sores with no addressal of growth and development of the existing villages. The Gurgaon Municipal Corporation consists of 28 such urban villages (Table 1.3). These villages represent an area of transitional combination of both urban and rural. They have marginal characteristics not only with respect to the land use but also with respect to degree of acceptance of urban norms and customes. Provision of water, sanitation, drainage and the safe disposal of waters is a challenge for maintaining good housing and living conditions of the villages as well as to health. An attempt has been made to analyses the situation of water and sanitation in the urban village of Gurgaon. . The present study is an attempt to focus on the existing gaps in terms of safe drinking water and sanitation in such urban villages of the Gurgaon Municipal Corporation.

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Pages: 230-234
Jagdish Duhan (Department of Geography, Govt. College, Barwala, Hisar, Haryana)