Sundarbans information highest drowning mortality price amongst youngsters throughout globe: Report
4 min readBy PTI
KOLKATA: West Bengal’s Sundarbans area has recorded the world’s highest drowning mortality price of 243 per lakh inhabitants amongst youngsters within the age group of 1 to 4 in three years previous to the COVID-19 pandemic, in line with a examine.
The examine, which was performed from 2016 to 2019, additionally discovered that the area has a mortality price of 38.8 per lakh inhabitants amongst youngsters aged between 5 and 9.
The examine was performed in 19 blocks – 13 in South 24 Parganas district and 6 in North 24 Parganas – of the area on incidents reported from October 2016 to September 2019. It was not too long ago revealed.
“There was no difference in the mortality rates among boys and girls. Most children drowned in ponds within 50 metres of their homes when they were unaccompanied by their primary caretakers who were engaged in household work,” it mentioned.
The survey was carried out by non-governmental organisation Child in Need Institute (CINI), in partnership with world businesses Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and The George Institute (TGI) to gauge the enormity of the issue of drowning amongst youngsters within the coastal Sundarbans area.
Sundarbans is a mangrove area in southeastern a part of West Bengal and southwestern area of Bangladesh.
In the Indian half, Sundarbans is unfold over 100 islands and has round 40 lakh inhabitants.
Of the entire inhabitants, round 15.9 per cent are youngsters aged between one and 9.
Many settlements are distant and much away from medical institutions.
Water degree within the waterbodies of Sundarbans improve throughout monsoon, whereas the coastal area can be more and more experiencing incidents of flooding over the past 4 to 5 years.
West Bengal’s Sundarbans Affairs Minister Bankim Chandra Hazra acknowledged the issue of drowning of youngsters and mentioned that the state authorities is making an attempt to handle the problem.
“We have no hesitation in admitting that there have been incidents of deaths of children by drowning. However, we do not have a detailed report,” Hazra instructed PTI.
According to the minister, the decision of the hour is to boost the extent of consciousness among the many residents of Sundarbans on drowning like they had been knowledgeable about dengue, malaria or little one marriage.
“Every year, we are losing several young lives due to drowning. People need to be informed in this regard to address this problem,” Hazra added.
CINI’s nationwide advocacy officer Sujoy Roy mentioned that the survey will assist not solely locals but additionally spotlight the scenario earlier than policymakers.
“Drowning deaths, particularly among children, are heart-wrenching and entirely preventable. It is imperative that governments take heightened responsibility to protect our children from this silent peril. This study will help the local people as well as the government to understand how critical the situation is and realise the need to frame a policy in this regard,” Roy mentioned.
He mentioned that the first-ever nationwide seminar on drowning prevention was collectively organised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram in September.
KOLKATA: West Bengal’s Sundarbans area has recorded the world’s highest drowning mortality price of 243 per lakh inhabitants amongst youngsters within the age group of 1 to 4 in three years previous to the COVID-19 pandemic, in line with a examine.
The examine, which was performed from 2016 to 2019, additionally discovered that the area has a mortality price of 38.8 per lakh inhabitants amongst youngsters aged between 5 and 9.
The examine was performed in 19 blocks – 13 in South 24 Parganas district and 6 in North 24 Parganas – of the area on incidents reported from October 2016 to September 2019. It was not too long ago revealed.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“There was no difference in the mortality rates among boys and girls. Most children drowned in ponds within 50 metres of their homes when they were unaccompanied by their primary caretakers who were engaged in household work,” it mentioned.
The survey was carried out by non-governmental organisation Child in Need Institute (CINI), in partnership with world businesses Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and The George Institute (TGI) to gauge the enormity of the issue of drowning amongst youngsters within the coastal Sundarbans area.
Sundarbans is a mangrove area in southeastern a part of West Bengal and southwestern area of Bangladesh.
In the Indian half, Sundarbans is unfold over 100 islands and has round 40 lakh inhabitants.
Of the entire inhabitants, round 15.9 per cent are youngsters aged between one and 9.
Many settlements are distant and much away from medical institutions.
Water degree within the waterbodies of Sundarbans improve throughout monsoon, whereas the coastal area can be more and more experiencing incidents of flooding over the past 4 to 5 years.
West Bengal’s Sundarbans Affairs Minister Bankim Chandra Hazra acknowledged the issue of drowning of youngsters and mentioned that the state authorities is making an attempt to handle the problem.
“We have no hesitation in admitting that there have been incidents of deaths of children by drowning. However, we do not have a detailed report,” Hazra instructed PTI.
According to the minister, the decision of the hour is to boost the extent of consciousness among the many residents of Sundarbans on drowning like they had been knowledgeable about dengue, malaria or little one marriage.
“Every year, we are losing several young lives due to drowning. People need to be informed in this regard to address this problem,” Hazra added.
CINI’s nationwide advocacy officer Sujoy Roy mentioned that the survey will assist not solely locals but additionally spotlight the scenario earlier than policymakers.
“Drowning deaths, particularly among children, are heart-wrenching and entirely preventable. It is imperative that governments take heightened responsibility to protect our children from this silent peril. This study will help the local people as well as the government to understand how critical the situation is and realise the need to frame a policy in this regard,” Roy mentioned.
He mentioned that the first-ever nationwide seminar on drowning prevention was collectively organised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram in September.
