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Quality of Life in the city of Munger, Bihar
PREFACE
1. To trace out the spatial variation in the quality of urban life in the city
of Munger.
2. Examine the factors controlling urban life.
3. Types and patterns of city along with measuring the levels of life of
rich and the poor and especially in the slums and squatter areas.
I am also thankful to my Husband Sri Dhurv Mandal for his kind Co-
operation. I am thankful to brother Nachikea whose help can never be
forgotten.
(Vandana)
CONTENTS
Preface
Chapter1…………………………………………………..……………04-39
Conceptual Framework and Methodology :An Introduction
Chapter-2………………………………………………………………40-61
Geographical Background
Chapter-3………………………………………………………………62-77
Infrastructural-Social view of the Life Quality
Chapter-4…………………………………………..………………….78-118
Functional Areas and the levels of quality of life
Chapter-5………….. ……………………………………………… 119-132
Chapter-6………………....…………………………………..……133-152
Degraded Residential Areas: Slums and squatters
Chapter-7……………………………………………………………153-159
Sample Studies
Chapter-8…………………………………………………………….160-165
Management and Re-orientation: Problems and Planning
Chapter-1
AN INTRODUCTION
− Significance of study
− Objectives of study
− Problems to be investigated
− Review of literature
− Methods of study
− Sources of Data
− Hypothesis Formulation
− References
AN INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Quality of urban life is closely related with the social, cultural, economic,
and political life of people in the region under study. Due to hum-drum reality of
urban life it is difficult to identify one another because the frequent meeting is
not possible along with the variations in caste, income potential, difference in
our culture and the standard of living are the major causes of the variation in
quality standard of life. Quality of life helps living in knowing the living
standard of people and how the situations could be improved for the better
especially in the slum areas.
for cities development. It has been a serious issue for the town planning bodies
not only in India but in Europe and North America as well. Sums are the
marginal areas of cities where the poor people are illiterate, drinking water
supply is miserably on lowest ebon and the vice of underworlds predominate the
scene.
The city life is not dichotomous to the rural living but they are
complementary to each other. The variations in urban life have been noticed in
terms of literacy, food habit, dress material, cultural advancement of area
besides he hum-drum reality of urban environment. Now in urban areas the
situation are deterioration to such a pass the people are living the city for pure
environment in rural area, because the urban area is dominated by obnoxious
gases, degrading morale of people , road holds up, suicide and the dominance of
slums and squatters.
One out of every seven people now lives in a slum- that’s the UN’s best
estimate. More and more slum residents are organizing to improve their lot, as
their numbers swell in cities all over the world.
Employment Opportunities
Slum is an area of the city that is poor and where the houses are dirty in
condition. It consist of shanties which are small houses built of woods, metal, and
cardboards. These days the tenements of slums dwellers are such that they are not
fit to live because they are very dirty or in dilapidated condition. Generally, the
slums are situated on the edge or in the fringe or on the extremity of the big cities.
The problem is now to eke out a living. It becomes difficult for them to support
themselves and sustain them self. The network of civic ammonites also comes
under tremendous strain . The increased population requires toilets and bathroom
facilities and when they do not them their Detroiters and medical facilities are
needed for them. Medical network show in efficient and in responsible that the
melodies & elements of the migrants are not treated well . Trade and commerce
also suffers.
The slum dwellers may suffer and they are devoid of their human right but there
is one silver living in the darkening cloud, slum and slum dwellers are of great
benefits and advantage to the powerful and dominant section of the population .
There are the factory owners who recruit cheap workers from the crowd of slum
dwellers. The retail shopkeepers also get cheap labour for their establishment.
The politician gains because the slum dwellers act as vote bank in their election.
They make promises to the slum dwellers that they will improve their condition
and therefore, the slum dwellers are enticed to vote collectively for them. The
Polish and the government officials gain because they get safe bribes from the
residents of slum that is why nobody is interested in solving the problem of slum
dwellers. The question of solution of transport problem has cropped up in the city
of Munger .
The city of Munger has an awkward location with special reference to the
transport route network because it lies far off from the railway track Kiul –
Bhagalpur loop line. Therefore, Munger-Jamalpur rail line only acts as a sub-urban
railway. Inside the city Purabsarai and Munger Junction are located besides bus
depot in Sastrinagar and bus stand near town hall . Fort gate , purabsarai and
Munger station & Lal darwaza are some of the important transport notes of the city
which acts as the Nerve centers because they provided the line to the city people in
terms of moving to the offices ar other sector of occupation .
The city of Munger has facility of labrours train ( Coolie train ) which serve the
comminuting population of the city as daily commuters to the railway work shop
and citrate factory in Munger on northern fringe of the city the facility of ferry
point serves people in crossing the river for onward movements towards north
Bihar . In urban areas the maintenance of roads are very poors and the sanitary and
lighting of roads are in very poor states due to lack of fund and stealing activities of
people not only for electricity but also for bulb point etc .
This is what RB Mandal says in his book Urban Geography that the problems of
slum and slum dwellers are not so acute in the city of Munger. Generally slums
exist on the brim and borders of big cities. It is these agglomerations that can
valididly be called slums.
They were victims of natural calamities and hence they come to town of
Munger to save themselves . They occupy ed any land and built small huts and
begin to live in them, hence their problem differs from the problem of the slum
dwellers of the big cities.
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
Quality of life in the city of Munger has been considered and analysed
here. Although the proverb ‘Rural Poverty and Urban Misery’ is quite famous,
but it is quite true in case of the city of Munger. It is part and parcel of the Anga
Plain where ‘Angika’ dialect is spoken.
objective of the coming 11th five year plan has shifted from the earlier goal and has
become now inclusive development
In 1993 -1994, top ten percentage of the people living in rural areas had average
annual income of Rs 61655 but top ten percent of people living in urban settlement
had an average annual income of Rs 137256 . This was the position in the year
1993 -1994 but when we come to modern times i. e come to the year 2006 we
encountered a miraculous change. The top ten percent of people living in rural
areas have an average annual income of Rs 194044. Whereas top 10 percent of
the people living in urban areas have an annual income of Rs 497583. In year
1993-1994 bottom ten percent of the people living in villages had an average
annual per capita income of RS 2807 but at the same time bottom ten percent of the
people living in towns was Rs 4747, but now a days the per capita of rural person
is Rs 8907 where as the per capita income of an Urban man is Rs 16292.
The significance of the study leads to the objectives and the goal of study.
The research along this line will reveal the income effect of the quality of life on
the urban man. In the Course of the study several problem crop up and each has to
be spotlighted and its genies evolution and resolution shall be highlighted and
taken into consideration many sidedness and multiplicity. Concept of
development shall also come under close security. Development has two aspects -
quantitative and qualitative.
UNO we find at a different concept of development, The UNO points out the real
development is not development of things but of people, This means that we have
to investigate whether qualitative accumulation leads to qualitative transformation,
quantative increase means increase in wealth or material prosperity. The economist
use to consider GDP of the country or gross domestic product of the country, now
conception attitude and criteria have been transmuted. The economist now do not
have GDP in their focus but their attention is continuously arrested or riveted by
another concept –The concept of GDH or gross domestic happiness this has to be
studied. What effect the increase in numbers has upon the standard or norm or
form of the life and living of the people of the Munger?
As far as review of literature concerns, this study breaks an entirely new ground or
blazes a new trail. It is traversing a vergin field. No other study of Munger under
this subject had been undertaken so far, some of the study are their but they are
scrappy and inchoate. There is no comprehensive full blooded study of the
phenomenon under study. There is a book authored by Ramraghubir. The name of
book is the historical & cultural geography of Munger. In this book affected with
a lateral flow. It deals Munger of Ancient and middle ages and does not deal with
the present stage of affairs of Munger. There are government records which give us
fact and figures not related to the subject matter of the study. The information
contain is mythical and anecdotal.
The methods of the study will be both deductive and inductive. General
theory and proposition applied to the concrete case of inductive method implies
collection of relevant facts, asses the importance of facts and establishment causal
connection among the facts so as to arrive at a general scientific proposition. The
data collected from published sources and interaction with the people.
OBJECTIVIES OF STUDY
1. To trace out the spatial variation in the quality of urban life in the
city of Munger.
2. Examine the factors controlling urban life.
3. Types and patterns of city life along with measuring the levels of
life of rich and the poor and especially in the slums and squatters
areas.
PROBLEMS TO BE INVESTIGATED
Condition of life in the cities, especially for the most vulnerable groups,
are either poorly documented or the data are difficult to access, and are
underanalysed and underused. There is an urgent need for improved indicators
for measuring the quality of individual lives.
The most serious problems in all sectors are experienced by the urban
poor. It is still difficult to assess the nature and seriousness of urban poverty and
suggest specific policy solutions. But it is not hard to conclude that more
attention to the problem is needed. Better basic services, education and health,
with emphasis on equal opportunities for girls and women, will improve the
competitive advantage of the urban poor.
Over the last few decades, cities in both developing and developed countries
have emerged as the major form of human settlement. By the turn of this
century, we will be witness to and ubiquitous scenario where more people lived
in towns and cities worldwide. By 1975 there were 1.5 billion, by the year 2000;
this will be three billion – more than the entire population on Earth in 1960.
Cities have, in effort become a barometer of humankind’s “progress” into the
21st century, whether this is an upward trend or downward. Concentration of
economic, social political and administrative organs of a nation or region in
cities has made it a magnet for rich as well as poor households.
of all other cities in Thailand. Better access to paying jobs, more varied diets,
better education and better health care have made cities a ‘destination of choice.’
Besides the technological advancement facilitated by the talent and proficiency
of its inhabitants, cities have also been a well spring for the arts and culture.
While aggregate figures might suggest economic and social progress and
development, it hides the essential dichotomy and disparities between ‘rich’ and
‘poor’ that exists in most cities. It has been estimated that the richest fifth of the
population in developing countries control more than 80 percent of the
resources and economic activity in terms of GNP, world trade, commercial
lending, domestic savings and domestic investment. On the other hand, the
lowest fifth of the population control less than 1.4% of the resources and
economics activity.
Thus when the rural migrant family arrives in the city, they discover
that the housing, jobs, incomes and amenities that had ‘pulled them to the
city are not available or are inaccessible. The authorities are not willing to
help them find the ‘dream’ they aspired for, or simply ignore them. As a
result, in cities of most developing countries, 30 to 75 percent of the
population work and live in squatter settlement making a living with the
few informal resources that is accessible to them.
sector, which accounts for 45 percent of the total labour force in urban
areas. The informal sector is, however, a vibrant sector which provides a
variety of goods and services being able to absorb the unemployed and in
many cases facilities setting up of small and medium enterprise.
But the problems and shortcomings are not simplistic and ‘single- cause’
in nature and many factors contribute and cumulate to create the deteriorating
situation and conditions in urban areas today. The problems in housing,
infrastructure, credit, land and other sectors in urban areas of Asia
are a result of shortcomings inherent in the government and its various agencies,
as well as the urban poor themselves. Within the government, shortcomings
such as inadequate financial resources, ineffective, institutional structures, weak
legislation or their implementation, lopsided policies and lack o adequate trained
man power tend to compound, shortcomings of the urban poor themselves : lack
of marketable assts, low skills and education levels, low income jobs, etc. in the
informal sector.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
A good review of such geographic and other significant studies about quality
of life has been attempted by prof. O.P.Singh in his paper “Philosophy of
Development, Quality of life and Philosophical Geography” ( 2004-2005:
Journal of Regional Science and Development, 4-5(1-2), Nainital ). Considering
the fact that the present study lays increased emphasis on degraded and
functional areas of the city having a specific living, a few such studies have been
Mentioned here.
Ziestman (1992) while dealing about land for the landless in Cape
city analyzed that migrants to the urban centers from rural area gets
attracted due to descent living but due to unemployed they are landless,
homeless, jobless and without any financial means to occupy the houses
legally. Their only alternatives are to erect house on vacant land and hence
illegal occupation is the only out come left, generally squatting creates
the prevailing cities life.
Vooged, H.(1992) while dealing with the quality of life and images,
he said that the quality of life is widely used term in practice , particularly
in relation to activities like city marketing, cultural, educational ,
recreational , housing an infrastructure facilities available to the residents
because it cannot be assessed on term people behavior only.
Thieme, G.H. (1992) while discussing about the quality of life and
mortality in Germany highlighted the indicators such as infant mortality of
life expectancy a different ages which can serve as adequate measure of
this important aspect of life, both in their world and in industrial societies.
being able to afforded the loss of working hours spent in commuting. Arup
Mitra (1994) perceives the problem of slums in terms of ‘employment problem’.
His study mainly examines the pattern of urbanization
particularly city growth in India, employment structure in the cities, impact
of rural –urban migration on urban informal sector, and inters linkages
between rural and urban poverty and etc.
METHODS OF STUDY
The survey covers samples from Urban area of Munger. The survey
looks at, besides the economic conditions and Occupations/jobs,
Methods of Analysis
The analysis has been done strictly based on the available data from
the survey. The answers derived from the survey questionnaires were
carefully tabulated ward-wise and as statistical analysis was done and
percentages and percentage distributions calculated. These have been
presented in the form of bar –graphs and pie-charts, and the salient points
highlighted.
For each Block, the following general statistics have been tabulated
and included:
In order to place the Literacy and Sex Ratio data in context, the
comparisons with State and National average have been shown and interpreted.
The analysis has been divided into the following sections based on
the types of data specified below:
• Economics conditions
Based on
• Occupation/jobs
Based on
a) Land ownership
b) Information regarding current occupation as well as desired
occupation
• Migration patterns
Based on
a) Number of workers in each household (men, women and
children)
• Health of worker
Based on
a) Health-related complaints of the worker before leaving the end on
return, and the changes there of
b) Information about any addictions (alcohol/tobacco/drugs)
SOUCES OF DATA
Social surveys
time the proportion of people who return questionnaires sent through post
is usually rather small. The questions asked in main questionnaires have
also to be very carefully worded in order to avoid ambiguity since the
respondents cannot ask to have questions clarified for them. Using groups
to complete questionnaires means that the return rate is good and that
information is assembled quickly and fairly. Administrating the interview
schedules to the respondents individually is probably the most reliable
method. Several trained interviewers may be employed tom contact specific
individuals. The questionnaires and schedules can consist of both close-
ended and open-ended question. Also a special attention needs to be paid
to ensure that the questionnaires are filled in logical order.
Interviewing
The brief formal interview in which the working of the question and
the order in which they are asked is fixed is called structured interview
while the freer discursive interview is called unstructured interview. The
object of using structured interview is to standardized the interview as much
as possible and thus to reduce the effect that the interviewer’s personal
approach or biases may have upon then result and even when structured
interviews, are used, proper training can do a lot to ensure further the
reliability and validity of research. The personality of the interviewer and
the social characteristics that the respondent attributes to him can be having
influence on the result. The effort of interviewer’s bias can be estimated by
comparing one interviewer’s result with order. The problem of interviewer’s
bias in an unstructured interview is much greater. Here the interviewer is
left to his common devices as far as the way he approaches a respondent is
concerned. There is no fixed list of question to work through. Instead the
interviewer may work from a guide that will remind him of the topics he
wishes to cover.
Sampling
Cluster sampling
Multi-stage sampling
Area sampling
HYPOTHESIS FORMULATION
REFERENCES
ADB(1991). The Urban Poor and Basic Infrastructure Service in Asia and the
Pacific. Volume I, II and III. Proceeding of a Regional Seminar, January 22-28,
1991. Manila: Asian Development Bank Economics Development Institute.
Smith, Wallance (1975) Urban Development : The Process and the Problems
Berkely” University of California Press, 381pp
UNDP (1991) Cities, People and Poverty : Urban Development Corporation for
the 1990s. A UNDP Strategy Paper . New York: United Nation Development
Program, 94p
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Chapter-2
GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND
− Physical
− Economic
− Demographic
− Reference
GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND
Historical Pointers
Munger City
At the dawn of history, the present site of the town was apparently
comprised within the kingdom of Anga, with the capital Champa near
Bhagalpur, According to Pargiter, Anga comprises the modern districts of
Bhagalpur and Munger commissionary. The Anga dominion at one time
included Magadha and the Shanti-Parva refers to an Anga king who sacrificed
at Mount Vishnupada. In the epic period Modagiri finds mention
as a separate state. The success of the Anga did not last long and about the
middle of the sixth century. B.C. Bimlisara of Magadha is said to have
killed Brahmadatta, the last independent ruler of ancient Anga. Hence the
Anga became an integral part of the growing empire of Magadh. As
epigraphic evidence of the Gupta period suggests that Munger was under
the Guptas. To the reign of Buddhagupta (447-495 A.D) belongs a copper
plate of A.D. 488-9 originally found at Mandapura in the district.
the light of the sun and the moon.” The position of this hill is determined from
its proximity to the Ganga, to be Munger and though no smoke new comes from
any peak, the numerous hot springs in the hills point to famous volcanic action.
These hot spring are also mentioned in Hiuen Tsiang’s Account. General
Cunningham identified the hot springs being those of Bhimbandh and its
offshoots. Other authorities refer it as Uren in present Lakhisarai District.
Till the advent of the Tukish rule in India. Munger was under sway
of the Karnataka dynasty of Mithila. However Bakhiyar Khilji took
possession of Territory of Munger in AD 1225 which came in
possession of the Khilji ruler Gyasuddin. After conflict
between tha Tugulaqs of Delhi and Bangal Sultan, some portion of then
Munger came under the possession of the Sharqils of Jaunpur.
During Akbar’s period when the great Bengal military revolts started.
Munger was for some time the headquarters of Akbar’s officers in their
expeditions against the rebels. Kharagpur at that time was a great principality
extending from the south of Munger to the south of Bhagalpur and Sanathal
Paragans.
He further writes “the town stands upon an ascent, the river bank by
being 8 or 10 yards high, the brick wall by the river side at the south end
of Munger was about 5 yards high and 20 yards long with a little tower at
each wall as a fortification to place the gun on it. Towards the
close of the 18th Century we find that Munger was merely a station of
“Power Magazine” established there ….
Joseph Hooker also speaks highly of Munger . “By far the prettiest
town, Munger was celebrated for its iron manufacture, especially of muskets, in
which respect it is the Burmingham of Bengal.”
(A)
1 Munger 23282 13 84
2 Jamalpur
4. Dharhara 27,940 13 76
5. Kharagpur
7. Tarapur
9. Sangrampur 11,736 10 64
(B)
g. Sheep/Goat : 12279/97135
h. Poultry : 48800
Relief Features
Some of the Gagetic levee and tal lands south of the levee. Some of the
important diaras are Maheshpur. Heru, Bhadurpur, Kutluput, Tikarampur,
Kalarampur, Budhwa, and Taufir diaras. These diaras suffer from annual
inundation along with the erosion and deposition of soils. This is the aea of
flood hazards with the sedimentary rocks.
The area south of the Gangetic levee is known as Tal lands. Some of
the important tals are Barhiya tal, Mainma tal, Bilya tal, Bariarour tal and
others. Some of the important rivers e.g. Kiul Harohar, Dakranala and
Baduar deposit soil in their flood plains. Tal lands also suffer from annual
inundation, water loggings and deposition of soil.
Mineral Water
Munger district has long been famous for its mineral waters and hot
water springs, There is a belt of thermal springs a Zone from the
Kharagpur hills to the Rajgir hills of the Patna district. There are altogether
seven groups of thermal springs in this district . These are:-
Climate
this season is very dry resulting in sunstroke deaths at times. The maximum
temperature rises up to 45o C.
RAINFALL
SOILS
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Agro-ecological situation:
Fruits Mango
follows:
8. Asarganj 6788
9. Sangrampur 8688
Total = 114,186
2 Jamalpur
627 55 874 83 702 56 828 79
3 Bariarpur
5 Kharagpur
1018 56 1253 73 1654 73 1490 90
6 Tetiabamber
7 Tarapur
927 51 1017 61 974 43 1211 64
8 Asarganj
9 Sangrampur - - - - - - - -
MUNGER Total 1135499 604662 530837 197144 102928 94216 564043 354611 209432
DISTRICT Rural 818913 435774 383139 150156 78809 71347 356799 233051 123748
Urban 316586 168888 147698 46988 24119 22869 207244 121560 85684
MUNGER Total 296950 159243 137707 48399 25084 23315 168940 101494 67446
Rural 109639 58869 50770 20323 10555 9768 48817 30891 17926
Urban 187311 100374 86937 28076 14529 123547 120123 70603 49520
Bariarpur Rural 92431 498632 42799 17015 8630 8385 40604 26816 13788
Jamalpur Total 181571 96522 85049 28735 14829 13906 114768 68267 46501
Rural 84912 45260 39652 15447 8079 7368 44411 27434 16977
Urban 96659 51262 45397 13288 6750 6538 73057 40833 29521
Dharhara Rural 103919 55197 48722 19601 10295 9306 42986 28509 14477
Total 181008 96183 84425 30683 16619 14064 77249 51253 25996
Kharagpur Rural 154098 81942 72156 25872 14196 11676 64470 43428 21042
Urban 26910 14241 12669 4811 2423 2388 12779 7825 4954
Total 59562 31620 27942 11276 5832 5444 25108 16175 8933
Asarganj Rural 53856 28609 25247 10463 5415 5048 21123 13876 7247
Urban 5706 3011 2695 813 417 396 3985 2299 1686
Tarapur Rural 84341 44060 40281 16311 8531 7780 36289 23470 12819
Tatia Rural 57622 30869 26753 10796 5586 5210 23882 16395 7487
Bombar
Sangrampur Rural 78095 41336 36759 14328 7522 6806 34217 22232 11985
REFERENCES
http://www.educationforallinindia.com/page157.html.Retrieved2010-10-05.
http://munger.nic.in
http://ashishmunger.blogspot.com/
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Chapter-3
− Family Levels
− Personal levels
− Work areas
− Service-work-conditions
− Financial issues
− References
FAMILY LEVELS
Historical studies have indicated that family structure has been less
changed by urbanization and industrialization that was once supposed. As far as
is known, the nuclear family was the most prevalent pre-industrial unit and is
still the basic unit of social organization in most modern industrial societies. The
modern family differs from earlier traditional forms, however, in its functions,
composition, and life cycle, and in the roles of mothers and fathers.
The only function of the family that continues to survive all change is the
prevision of affection and emotional support by and to all its members,
particularly infants and young children. Specialized institutions now perform
many of the other function that was once performed by the agrarian (rural)
family: economic production, education, religions, schooling, and recreation.
Employment is usually separate from the family group; family members often
work in different occupations and in locations away from the home. Education is
provided by the state or by private groups. Religions training and recreational
activities are available outside the home, although both still have a place in
family life. The family is still responsible for the socialization of children, but
even in this capacity, the influence of peers and of the mass media has assumed
a larger role.
when unmarried mothers bear children. In 1991 more than one out of four
children lived with only one parent, usually the mother. Many one-parent
families, however eventually became two-parent families through
remarriage or cohabitation.
Since the 1960s, several variations on the family units have emerged.
More unmarried couples are living together, before or instead of marrying.
Similarly some elderly couples, most often widowed, are finding it more
economically practical to cohabit without marrying. Homesexual couples also
live together as a family more openly today, sometimes sharing their households
with the children of one partner or with adopted or foster children. Communal
3 Bariarpur 7,222
4 Dharhara 15,163
6 Tetiabmabar 7,181
7 Tarapur 8,957
8 Asarganj 6,788
9 Sangrampur 8,688
Total = 114,186
PERSONAL LEVELS
SERVICE-WORK CONDITIONS
Cities draw migrants with the promise of higher living standards, but
the wealth produced in cities does not necessarily translate into prosperity
for all. The best opportunities are open to those with entrepreneurial skills,
influence and access to services and support. Two issues are important: the
relative degree of income inequality, and the changes in these conditions
over time.
whole, Data from China suggest that income differentials in ruban areas
have become lower than in rural areas, in contrast to the usual situation. It
is clear that income distributions became more skewed (i.e, the proportions
of both poor and wealthy increased) in Brazilian metropolitan areas during
the 1980s. In Asian, ruban poverty has been decreasing proportionally since
the mid- 1980s in a number of countries.
In 1971 the following new market have been added to the old marked of
the city and now most of them have developed as slums of incurable in
nature because the material condition getting worse
FINANCIAL ISSUES
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SADAR BLOCK
has more to do with drug-resistant bacteria and infections which weaken the
immune system such as HIV than with population density.
In the most parts of the world, women are bearing fewer children, but that
does not necessarily mean less crowding in societies where the nuclear family is
the exception rather than the rule. Providing shelter and support for elderly
parents and poorer relatives is not only customary but an
essential part of the social security system in many countries. This may be
changing, in East Asia for example, where incomes are rising and there is a trend
towards the nuclear family. A trend towards nuclear families can worsen
environment stress since the household is a basic unit of
consumption. The continued spread of shanty towns and other informal settlements
around major cities clearly indicates that local population densities continues to rise
even as household sizes decline.
Overall consumption and housing in the 20th and 21st centuries have created
not only socio-economic problems but also an unprecedented concern of the
physical environment degradation. Abyssal poverty, social desirability and lack
of poper opportunity in rural areas forces men to imgrate to urban area. All these
have made the quality of life very miserable.
Brahmans
Maithil Brahmans are the highest ranking caste and also, in political
terms, the dominant casts. Brahmans came to control much of the land.
Thousands of villages were in Brahman control, and they are still the largest
landowners in Mithila. The other castes are described in the order according to
their traditional occupations as expressed by Brahman.
Yadavas
Yadavas are by far the largest casts in the region at one-eighth of the total
population. They are herdsmen and cultivators and consider themselves kinsmen
to the god Krishna, who was also a cowherd.
Bhumihars
Bumihars are small landlords who claim to be Brahmans but are considered
lower because they have taken up agricultural pursuits and given up priestcraft.
Maithil Brahmans serve as their priests for domestic rites.
Kayasthas
Rajputs
Rajputs the 100,000 Rajputs in Mithila are not native to the area, but came
during the Mughal era and became zaminders. This is why Brahmans count
them as lower then Kayasthas, even though Kayasthas are technically a superior
type of Shudra. The next few castes are th middle agricultural castes, “clean
castes” in ritual terms, upwardly mobile in political and economic terms, now
pushing Brahman dominance and getting power in local and state government.
Doms
They are included in the scheduled castes under the constitution. Their
total population during 1961 census was 4.533 (4. 091 in rural and 442 in urban
areas.) They rear pigs, make bamboo wares and work as labourers. They are
much addicted to liquor but the incidence in going down some of them have
started studying in schools.
Dusadhs
They are notified scheduled castes under the constitution and according to
the census of 1961 their total population was 56,597 (54,165 rural and 2,432
urban). They are scattered throughout the district. They are one of the most
useful castes in the district, owing to their value as agricultural labourers. In
Bhagalpur and some other districts of South Bihar the Dusadhs are practically
leaving their profession of pig rearing and have confined themselves to cattle
rearing only. But the Dusadhs of this district rear both cattle, pigs, poultry, etc.
A few who are them are quite well-to-do and own landed property also, a few
who are educated have taken to teaching profession in the primary schools. They
have monopolized the post of village chowkidas or village watchmen in the
district. The women supplement the income of the family by working as
labourers. The incidence of literacy among them is poor.
Hajams or Napits
good cultivators and rear cattle. They used to play a more important role
earlier for negotiating marriage among the Hindus and at the actual
marriages. Their role during the birth and death of a man is still important.
In some of the villages Hajamss still practice a rude form of unscientific
surgery. Several of them now work in hair sutting saloons.
Kumhars
In almost all the villages and towns some men of this caste are found.
They are originally potters and prepare earthenwares, tiles, etc. some of them are
also good cultivators. The incidence literacy among them is very low.
Mushars
They are notified scheduled castes under the constitution. They are
numerically very strong among the scheduled castes. Essentially most of them
are without lands and lead a precarious exist as labourers. They keep pigs, hens
and cocks.
Rabidasas
Usually called Chamars they are by occupation makers of footwear,
cultivators or labourers. They are a notified scheduled caste. In some villages
they have the right to collect the hides of the dead livestock. The services of the
women-folk, Chamain, are frequently requisitioned as midwife although they
are untrained and follow crude methods. Many of them are getting employment
in the public services. Hard-working and simple minded, they are now quite
progressive in spite of poor incidence of literacy. Their total population in the
district in 64.667 souls. They are scattered throughout the district.
The Bantar
The early history and origin of this caste has not been noticed in detail
anywhere so far. A special investigation was made about them. It is commonly
believed that the Bantars originally belgoned to Nepal form where they came to
Bihar in search of better condition of life. But their facil features do not bear
resemblance with those of the Nepalese. In this state they are scattered in
Darbhanga Purnea and Munger districts.
Dhobis
Dhobis are notified Scheduled castes under the constitutional. They are
mostly scattered in the rural areas of the district. Almost every village has got
some Dhobis who mostly work as washer-men. In the towns they have opened
laundries. Besides wage earners some of them are also agriculturists. They have
a strong caste Munger.
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to community piped water on the basis of physical proximity to taps without consideration of the
size of the served community and “effective availability” of sufficient quantities of water.
Reporting biases for urban populations (particularly in squatter settlements) and lack of
Generally measured by data on wage rates since these are more widely available than other
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Chapter-4
1. COMMERCIAL AREAS
It appears form the record that the native town and Bazar of Munger have for a
long period been considered government property. This though constituting one
Mahal, i.e. Khas Mahal Land, which was divided into 13 Tarafs, VizBara Bazar,
i. Deochi Bazar,
ii. Goddard Bazar,
iii. Wellesly Bazar
iv. Munger Bazar,
v. Gorhee Bazar,
vi. Batemangaj
vii. Topekhana Bazar,
viii. Fanok Bazar,
ix. Dalhatta Bazar,
x. Belan Bazar
xi. Rasoolganj and
xii. Begampur”.
Business areas:
But now a days these are the following business areas of the city:-
called Bazzar or market . The market of Bada Bazzar deals in fruits and
vegetables.
according to its weight, quality and freshness. In the morning hour fresh
vegetables are available because the local growers-cum-sellers bring their
commodities and go away t their respective villages after selling them.
Just at a stone through from the bada bazzar there is another market but
this market is not of perishable goods , vegetable and fruit are perishable
commodity but this market which lies in chowk bazzar is a market of
durable goods like garment and Guns .Garments of every variety of every
color and every price are sold in several shops . The most important shop
selling readymade garments is readymade Emporium. These garments
cattier to the needs and taste and pocket of a very variety of customers –
from the richest to the poorest, The richest are prepared to pay up to Rs
2000 or 3000 for one piece of garments but the poorest can also get
garments at the rate of Rs 40 to 50 per piece. Strangely enough these
garments are not produce or manufacture in Munger or in any of adjoining
district but are impetrated from as distant places as Kolkata and Delhi
where there are thousands of establishment manufacturing and sewing
garments .
The specialization are supplied to the Munger Sellers and garment are
supplied according to those speculation, Kolkata or Delhi manufacturer are
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completely ironing about the taste of Munger consumers and hence they
cannot manufacture on their own. If they do so, they will encounter
marketing difficulties . This is not the case with Munger shop owner who
know what the consumer wants and they order the making of type of
garment. The garment for the poorest are imported from manglaghat of
Kolkata and Gandhinagar of Delhi . The manufacturer of Kalkata and
Delhi do not sales in retails. . The quote the price in twelve (dozen) There is
a brisk and heavy sell during the different festival of different religion and
different communities .
During the Holi and Durga pooja festivals of Hindus, during the id
festival of Muslims and during the Chrismas of the Christians, there is
overcrowding of the shops by the customers . There is no space in the
establishment for the customers even to stand in the shop areas . The result
there is bargaining by the customer and the prices quoted by the shop
keeper are immediately paid by the customer who immediately leaves the
place thereafter . During the winter seasons woolen goods and garments
find a ready market and during summer seasons summer dresses are sold
briskly. During the rainy seasons rain coat are sold these are particularly
required for the school going children.
2. INDUSTRIAL AREAS
Jamalpur Workshop:
Brief History : Established on the 8th day of February
1862, Jamalpur Workshop has enjoyed the distinction of
being the largest and the oldest locomotive repair
workshop with the most diversified manufacturing
activities on the Indian Railways. The British chose
Jamalpur as the site of this workshop due to ready
availavbilty of skilled workers who were descendants of
acclaimed gun makers and fabricators of weapons of steel for the Nawabs of
Bengal and Orissa.
The workshop has a number of FIRSTS to its credit, a few of which are:-
• The FIRST to manufacture high capacity electrical lifting jacks and ticket
printing, ticket chopping, ticket slitting and ticket counting machines.
• The FIRST and the only railway workshop to manufacture electrical are
furnaces of & frac 12; tonne capacity in 1961 for production of steel
castings.
2000 workers live in the city of Munger and they used to attend office by trevelling
Munger to Jamalpur. A workers train called cooli train runs from Munger to Jamalpur.
In Medieval India very few cities like Agra and Munger along with some
others had expertise for the manufacture of firearms. It was done quite
efficiently during Shershah. It was of course banned by Mugal Emperor Akbar.
However some times after Agra lost this industry but Munger technicians kept
alive their traditions industry. The gun manufacture facilities to be a factory for
the selection of Munger by Mir Kasim Ali as his capital. It was geographical and
strategically safe and well protected.
Previously, here cannon were made at Topkhana Bazar but subsequently
it came to Guns firstly like ML Guns and then to capped gun. Gun
manufacturing got fresh impetus during Mirkashim Regime. Till the Shifting of
the factories to the jail Campus it was being done at Chuabag And Kassim
Bazar. Britishers banned the use of guns by private persons by enforcing Acts
viz. Act 18 in 1841, Act 30 in 1854, its manufacture was then also banned by
Act 28 of 1857, then up to 1860 by Act 31 of 1860.
In 1879 New Arms Act came into existence on 6th March, 1879 and
provisions were made for the manufacture of guns under licenses scheme. The
then Collector Mr. Lee highly appreciated the craftsmanship of the gunsmiths of
Munger, who were selling their Gun only for Rs. 10 only despite their
inseparable condition.
During the First World War period the Munger Gun manufacture again
came into prominence and production of cartridge gun was also developed.
Munger was perhaps the only city in India where gun manufacturing took the
shape of cottage industries and became popular profession. Now a days about 35
Gun Companies are working under this gun factory. Each company has its own
entire unit of Manufacturing of the Guns. Munger Gun Factory makes 12 Bore
double Barrel and single barrel guns. Thirty five separate gun companies have
quota of different number of guns they can manufacture every year.
When I met the owners of the gun companies they said that this big
factory is now suffering from its worst times. The government policy is such
that many of the gun companies are not in a condition to manufacture gun. The
owners and the workers are living in miserable condition. The State and Central
taxes are very high, the renewal of the license is very tough, and recently the
license to manufacture guns has been passed by after four years. Further in
Bihar the government does not easily provide arms licence and hence the
demand has also declined a lot.
Many of the workers of the companies who are not making guns and
running in miserable condition has opted another choice, they are helping the
persons who are making illegal weapons in Munger. Their art and handicraft of
making guns are being used by the persons who are involved in illegal arms
trade. Munger is the biggest center of Manufacturing illegal weapons and fire
arms also, even many sophisticated arms are now being made here in Munger.
Now the semi automatic pistols, revolvers, carbines, and sophisticated rifles are
being supplied to the extremist groups, terrorists and the underworld people
from Munger. It has become a big threat for the internal security of the entire
nation.
Recently the present Senior Superintendent of Police of Munger who
have done a marvelous job in raiding and crushing the illegal arms trade in
Munger has said that it is almost impossible to put an end on illegal making of
the guns if we do not provide jobs and means of livelihood to the persons who
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are involved in manufacturing of these illegal arms. It has been reported that
more than 4500 small illegal gun making units are being run in Munger district.
Short Handled Double Barrel 12 bore gun Illegal Pistols ceased by Munger police
On 12th December, 1925, a printing factory was also set up for the printing
needs of this factory. In 1928, the Peninsular Tobacco Company went out of
business in India and its cigarette production activities were taken by Tobacco
Manufacturing (India) Ltd., while Printers (India) Limited took over the printing
business in Munger inside the factory campus itself. After the great damages
during 1934 earthquake, the factory received certain renovation and
reorganization.
In the 21st century, it provides direct employment to around 1800
workmen. This Factory is operated on world-class benchmarks in terms of
quality, health and safety standards and provides a gamut of welfare and medical
care services to its employees. The Factory has to its credit various International
and National awards like the Sword of Honour from the British Safety Council,
ISO 14000 certification from DNV, Netherlands, ROSPA Gold Award for
Occupational Safety, Bachat Factory Certificate from the Minsitry of Finance,
Govt. of India, First Prize for Pollution Control Management from the Bihar
State Pollution Control Board, etc.
ITC’s Sunehra Kal Mission through BAIF & SEWA at Munger : Pursuant
to the wishes of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India, during his visit to
Bihar in May 2003 that efforts be made in the direction of social upliftment,
ITC has flagged off its “Sunhra Kal Mission” in Munger in partnership with
BAIF Development Research Foundation and SEWA, both nationally
renowned, non-political and professionally managed NGOs, The projects at
Munger, which is the first of its kind in Bihar, aims at creating opportunities for
gainful self-employment for the rural families especially disadvantaged sections,
ensuring sustainable livelihood, enriched environment and improved quality of
life.
ITC’s Other Social Responsibility Initiatives at Munger : Apart from the
above notable contributions, ITC’s Munger Factory has constantly discharged
its responsibilities as a good and responsible corporate citizen by addressing the
local issues relating to the local society. The Company works in close concert
with the District administration at all times and actively supports it by way of
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3. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Swami Niranjananand Saraswati (Left) and his guri Late Swami Satyanand Saraswati
BYB offers scholars, scientists, doctors and yoga aspirants from all over
the world a a golden opportunity to work together to formulate on scientific
basis for the growth, expansion and rapid integration of Yoga into modern
society.
This holy shrine was established over hundred year ago in the year
1901 by the eminent SUFI of all times namely Hazrat Maulana Mohammad
Ali Mungeri (R.A.).
Apart from those leaders, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Dr. Rajendra
Prasad, Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, had also graced this
institution with their presence from the time Recently in march 1991 at the
death of Hazrat Maulana Minnatullah Rahmani (R.A.) Shri Rajeev Gandhi,
Shri V.P.Singh and Shri Chandra Shakhar (the then P.M.) had come to pay
their homage and tributes to this great soul.
JAMIA RAHMANI :
as they are equipped with Islamic Discipline and culture, In fact knowledge
is blended here with PRACTICE. It is a residential institution.
Rehmania Foundation
Educational Position
At present there are five teachers, two staffs and 203 students of
whom 33 get both board and lodge.
The middle school cater to need of the Anjuman boys and after that
arrangements are also made through the Anjuman for their Secondary
education in M.W. High School (Maulanagar Waqf).
The same Francis Buchanan further writes that the teaching of the
Hindi Sciences, viz. Grammer, Law, and Metaphysics were done in the
Hindu pathshalas. He gives warm tributes to an Astronomer of Munger
whose name was Gauri Dutta Pathak, ‘the most sensible man that I have
been able ot find in that vicinity’. Sir Pathak used to prepare almanacs. The
Government records of Bhagalpur division show that the Government of
Bengal had taken up Vernacular division show that the Government of
Bengal had taken up Vernacular education in the forties of the last century.
In Munger district – Munger, Shekhpura and Teghra were considered
suitable sites for Vernacular school in the district of Munger. This school
was started at Munger in the month of June, 1846 in the Fort area with 12
students and one teacher on a monthly salary of Rs. 20/- Shah Yahid-ud-
din began his work as a teacher who had received his education at
Bhagalpur at the hands of Moulvi Muhammad Hanif of Moulana Chowk and
he taught Arithmetic, Geography, History, Arabic, Persian and Urdu
Languages.
ZILA SCHOOL
in the had risen to 2755 and of pupils 230403. Since ten in 19th and 20th
century the number of school have grown up enormously.
Amongst the distinguished members of this college, Dr. K.P. Mitra was
a distinguished historian, Sri K. K. Sharan an eminent scholar with his
leanings to literatures, and Sri K. N. “kapil” who was a literacy figure and got
many books in Hindi to his credit. He was the Editor of a Hindi Journal
“Prachi and one of the important editors of “Srikrishna Avinandan Granth.”
He had a long tenure and remained principal of the college for 25 years. Dr.
U.P. Verma, who succeeded him, was great scholar of his subjects
Economics & Commerce and has several books to his credit.
Shift in the field of Education specially of secondry level the role and
functioning of Notre Dame Academy at Munger and Jamalpur has been
4. MEDICAL FACILITIES
Government are reluctant t legalise them for fear of encouraging even more
illegal settlement.
Health Conditions :
Living conditionS in many urban slums are worse than those in the
poorest rural areas of the country (World Bank, 1993). This can be
attributed partly to the slums exceptionally unhealthy environment. Many
of the most serious diseases in cities are ‘environmental’ because they are
transmitted though air, water, soil and food or through insect or animal
vectors. The concentration of people in areas where the provision of water,
sanitation, garbage collection and health care is inadequate creates the
conditions where infectious and parasitic disease thrive and spread.
Around half the urban population in developing countries is suffering from
one or more of the diseases associated with inadequate provision of water
and sanitation (DFID, 2001:20).
• Viral fever
• Dysentry
• Malaria
Table 1 :
2. Dengue fever 64
4. Tuberculosis 28
6. Malaria 247
7. Cholera 66
8. Dysentry 539
9. Cancer 9
11. Hepatitis 7
12. Asthma 02
Viral fever are very common among the slum dwellers and is
linked to contaminated water. Being poor and to economise on fuel
almost all households do not boil the drinking water. Dysentery, a
water-borne disease, was largely found among slum households.
About 65% of the households have suffered form dysentery. Majority
of the respondents (or their family members) have been attacked by
viral fever (60%). Malaria was found among 30% of the migrant
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• Dengue fever
• Madras eye
• Tuberculosis
• Cancer
• Hepatitis
• Skin diseases
• Asthma
dust. Sulphur dioxide and small particles in the air causes a wide
range of chronic respiratory diseases and exacerbates heart disease
and other conditions. In India, the death rate due to cancer increased
by 3% and that of lung cancer by 9% since 1990 (World Resource
Institute, 1997).
Solid wastes are the most visible form of pollution. Most of the
methods of disposing them pose serious threat to environment and
human health, particularly to those living in slums. In the absence of
regular collection of wastes by Municipalities/Corporations, the
accumulated piles of garbage promotes the multiplication of flies,
which results in the spread of fly borne diseases such as typhoid,
amoebic dysentery, diarrhea and cholera. Rodents also breed and
account for the spread of plague.
5: RECREATIONAL AREAS
This zone of the city of Munger is poorly adjusted where only three
cinema halls like Neelam Talkies, Vijay Talkies Baidynath Talkis and Zoo at
Company Bagh, Ploground as play field. , R.D. and D.J. College Playground
beside Munger Lions Club, Cigarette factory club and Patel clubs are
functioning.
Named after the proud Son of Munger and the First Chief
Minister of the Bihar state Dr. Sri Krishna Sinha, Srikrishna Batika, is a
very beautiful enclosed garden just opposite to Kashtaharni Ghat. To
have the pleasure of both a green place and the holy river Ganga this
is one of the Must Visiting place for the people coming to Munger.
It is said that Princess Gul and Prince Bahar used to hide under
the tunnesl by the riverside in order to weak vengeance upon the
British officers. They used to clothe themselves with tiger skins
during the nights. Once Bahar, on his rounded ina dark might was
caught sight of by British officer who instantaneously shot the Prince
dead. The truth was reveled next morning and the Prince was said to
have been buried by the darga of Pir Shah-Nafah-Gul. The Prince was
found dead in a man’s attire by the side of her brother’s tomb, where
she was also buried. The officer, responsible for Bahar’s and
incidentally Gul’s death ordered for a daily salute of guns in the
evening to mourn the loss of these children.
It is the best place for books loving persons. This library has a great
collection of books. Rai Bahadur Dilip Narayan Singh has contributed for
the construction of this big public library.
PIRPAHAR
Three miles east of the town is a hill called Pirpahar, from the top of
which a fine view of the surrounding country is obtained. The hill is called
after an old Muhammadaan Saint or Pir, whose name is no longer
remembered, though devotees occasionally come to worship at his grave.
MELAS
For all the relative advantages of city life, widespread poverty casts a
shadow over the urban future. Difficult questions remain concerning the
definition of poverty, but it cannot be denied that a vast number of people in
urban areas cannot adequately provide for their basic needs in shelter,
employment, water, sanitation, health (including reproductive health) and
education. Such poverty may affect a third of all urban dwellers directly, but its
indirect effects are felt by the whole society, The ability to meet the challenge of
eradicating extreme poverty and providing basic needs will define and to some
extent determine the viability of urban centres and the economies which they
increasingly dominate. A large proportion of the poorest are women.
Collectively, women form a resource of great size and crucial importance. Their
individual ability to provide for themselves and their families will determine
whether the potential of that resource is realized.
North Africa, 34.2 per cent. Urban poverty has been increasing faster than rural
poverty.
According to national studies up to half the population of several cities in
1
some of the world’s poorest countries are living below official poverty lines.
Even this may be an underestimate: official poverty lines are often set
unrealistically low, below the levels required to meet basic needs, and standard
income-based definitions do no usually take into account the higher cost of
living in the cities. In 1990 “at least 600 million urban dwellers in Africa, Asia
and Latin America live in ‘life and health- threatening’ home and
neighbourhoods because of the very poor housing and living conditions and the
inadequate provision for safe and sufficient water supplies and for sanitation,
drainage, the removal of garbage, and health care”. 2
Some individuals and families move out of poverty and others fall into it.
Social status, including poverty and near poverty, is not static but dynamic. The
relatively poor, however, do share a particular vulnerability to life’s shocks:
even minor illnesses and lost opportunities can lead to deeper poverty and
misery. Many millions of people never get access to the sills, resources or
opportunities required to escape from poverty’s grasp. The frequency of
mobility out of poverty in rural and urban areas is poorly understood.
Though urban poverty has its special characteristics, the same structural
factors underlie poverty in both urban and rural areas.
The quality of life is dependent on many factors particularly on infrastructural
conditions. Life quality refers to all trades and conditions of persons of area or
place influencing objectives and goals of life. The living environment decides
and determine whether there will be an improvement or detonation.
A man lives in society. He is an individual and leads a personal life but this
is one level , he is connected with family , neighbors, regions, state, country and
foreign places through thousand links . Primarily speaking the individuals leads
his own lives according to his own lives according to his own standard, norms and
views. Much depends on his action and accomplishment and the personal levels.
At the same time the individual is a part of family. He has parents, he has wife and
children, he has to discharge his responsibility towards all of them. Family
requires enough money to serves its needs hence the individual has to earn
sufficient amount of money . The children have got to be educated and their
other needs have also got to be met. This means that he must work in order
to earn therefore , he is connected with the work areas . In his place of work he
comes in contact with his colleagues and fellow employees.
There is an interaction with them, because of interaction the opinion and the
views of the individual undergo area-change.The condition of work have also
great effect on the mind and the working of the individuals. At the place of work
finance or money becomes the most important things. Financial requirements and
needs are the main concern of the employee hence it is clear that the individual
work only personal levels on the family levels and on the fellow employees in his
place of work. All these factors are very important in the formation of his attitude
or philosophy of life, The individual works on a cultural levels also , his culture of
the fertilizing contact , he has with other . There is a difference between culture
and civilization. Civilization is what we have and culture is what we are . The
behavior the mind set , the attitude , the norms and standard – All these create
cultural background and the individuals becomes what he is because of the their
combined effect .
Races, tribes and castes have also great influence in creating cultural goods
and determining the outlook towards men and things . As far as the town of
Munger is concern there are not differences of race, Racial question or problems
does not arise in the town of Munger. Racial question are very important in united
kingdom and in United state of America. In the USA, Negros belong to another
race . Hence , a social problem is there . In the united kingdom also there is a
question of race . Asian are in the united kingdom in a large number and they are
regarded as outsides or secondary citizens . In the town of Munger there is only
one race & hence the racial question does not crop up . The tribal population is
negligible and there is tribal question does not arises . Munger has population
188050 but out of this population the tribal population is only 373 . Hence it is
clear that the tribes have no say or determining influence in the life of the city .
but the caste question remains burning and important . The Schedule caste
number 3350 and other caste have a population of 174327 . hence , caste
conflict and caste problems arise frequently . There is religious conflict also but
this has not been mentioned to the synopsis .
The dominant caste is yadavas and they are very aggressive and the
oppressive. There is always a conflict between the yadavas on one side and the
Muslims on the other side. Muslims are very large in number and there is fight
between yadavas and Muslim for supremacy. In other places there is conflict
between Hindus and Muslims. There is a communal conflict but in Munger, the
conflict assumes not the forms of Hindu and Muslims but takes the guise of
Yadavas vs Muslims .
The methods of the study of quality of life are theoretical- cum- regional-
inductive. A systematic analysis is quite inevitable, where sample approach
would be adopted only for behavioral analysis of quality of life. It was been
imperative for this study to do continuous analysis otherwise real differentiation
may not emerge. The methods of analysis had be mainly descriptive-cum-
analytical study.
Data have been collected both from published and unpublished sources.
The published data has been collected from government offices, census hand
book, and municipality and corporation offices besides resource persons of the
area. The unpublished data available from filed work, map analysis and data
available from block offices and town planning department in the city of
Munger had been used.
extending in the outer parts in general. Further details have been stated in the
next chapter.
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Chapter-5
− Conglomerations of culture
− References
Hindi and Urdu and are the official languages of the state (recently
Maithili is also included as one of the official languages of the state although the
usage of the language for official purposes is negligible), whilst the majority of
the people speak one of the Bihari languages - Bhojpuri, Magadhi, Maithili or
Angika. Presently Bihari languages are condiered one of the five subgroups of
Hindi however Maithilii was declared as a separate language. However, these
are considered to be derived from the language of the erstwhile Magadha
kingdom - Magadhi Prakrit, along with Bengali, Assamese, and Oriya. Bihari
Hindi a slang form of Standard Hindi is used as a lingua franca and many
speak it as their first language throughout state. A small minority also speaks
Bengali mainly in big districts or along the border area with West Bengal. Many
Bengali speakers are generally people from West Bengal or Hindu people from
erstwhile East Pakistan who came during the Partition of India in 1947.
uneducated and the rural population of the region return Hindi as the generic
name for their language.
In spite of the large number of speakers of Bihari languages, they have not
been constitutionally recognized in India. Hindi as the language used for
educational and official matter in Bihar. These languages was legally absorbed
under the subordinate label of HINDI in the 1961 Census. Such state and
national politics are creating conditions for language endangerments. The first
success for spreading Hindi occurred in Bihar in 1881, when Hindi displaced
Urdu as the sole official language of the province. In this struggle between
competing Hindi and Urdu, the potential claims of the three large mother
tongues in the region - Magahi, Bhojpuri and Maithili were ignored. After
independence Hindi was again given the sole official status through the Bihar
Official Language Act, 1950. Urdu became the second official language in the
undivided State of Bihar on 16 August 1989.
CONGLOMERATIONS OF CULTURE
Performing arts
Bihar has contributed to the Indian (Hindustani) classical music and has
produced musicians like Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan who later migrated
out of Bihar, Bhrupad singers like the Malliks (Darbhanga Gharana) and the
Mishras (Bettiah Gharana), who were patronized by the Zamindars of
Darbhanga and Bettiah respectively have produced maestros like Ram Chatur
Mallik, Abhay Narayan Mallick, Indra Kishore Mishra.
Bihar has a very old tradition of beautiful folk songs, sung during
important family occasions, such as marriage, birth ceremonies, festivals, etc,
and the most famous folk singer has been Padma Shri Sharda Sinha. Thay are
sung mainly in group settings without the help of many musical instruments
like Dholak, Bansuri and occasionally Tabla and Harmonium are used. Bihar
also has a tradition of lively Holi songs known as ‘Phagua’, filled with fun
rhythms. During the 19th century, when the condition of Bihar worsened
under the British misrule, many Biharis had to migrate as indentured laborers
to West Indian islands, Fiji, and Mauritius. During this Bhojpur area. Dramas
on that theme continue to be popular in the theaters of Patna.
the Puja Pandals. These days a group in Munger have initiated a project of a
movie in Angika dialect. The name of the movie is “ Toh Se Lagi Lagan”. The
entire crew of this movie project belongs from this city, the Actors- Md. Chintu
(lead actor), Director-Sujit Suman, Story writer, Lyricist – Hemant Kumar
Singh, cameramen etc, all belongs from Munger city. Several street plays for
social and political awareness used to be organized by the actors of IIPTA.
Cuisine
The cuisine of Bihar for the Hindu upper and middle classes is
predominantly vegetarian, but eating non-vegetarian food is also popular.
However, people discourage eating ment daily and many Hindus don’t eat
meat during Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The Muslims in Bihar however
do generally eat meat as vegetables. In Bihar people generally eat boiled rice
and daal etc. and no roti during lunch and Roti is eaten in night with
vegetables. The traditional cooking medium is mustard oil. Khichdi, a broth of
rice and lentils seasoned with spices and served with several accompanying
items, constitutes the mid-day meal for most Hindu Biharis on Saturdays. The
favourite dish among Biharis is litti-chokha. Litti is made up of dough stuffed
with sattu (grinded powder coming from roasted brown chickpeas) that
boiled in water. It is than fried in oil. But little oil is used since it has been pre-
boiled. The other way of cooking Litti is grilling it on red hot coal. Chokha is
made of mashed potatoes, fried onions, salt, cilantro, and carom seeds. Litti is
also accompanied with ghee and channa (small brown chickpeas with onions
and masala). Litti Chokhkha is most favorite dice of Bihar.
Chitba and pitthow which are prepared basically from rice, are special
foods of the Anga region. Tilba and Chewda of Katarni rice are also special
preparations of Anga. Kadhi bari is a popular favorite and consists of fried soft
dumplings made of besan (gram flour) that are cooked in a spicy gravy of
yoghurt and besan. This dish goes very well with plain rice. Bihar offers a large
variety of sweet delicacies which, unlike those from Bengal, are mostly dry.
Religion
In rural Bihar and here too, religion is the main component of popular
culture. Shrines are located everywhere – even at the foot trees, roadsides,
etc., religious symbols or images of deities can be found in the most obscure
or the most public places. From the dashboard of a dilapidated taxi to the
plush office of a top executive, holy symbols or idols have their place.
Hindus are a majority in the state and the present region. Most of the
festivals are Hindu festivals. There are many variations on the festival
theme. While some are celebrated all over the state, others are observed
only in certain areas. However Bihar is so diverse that different regions and
Among ritual observances, the month long Shravani Mela held along a
108 kilometre route linking the towns of Sultanganj and Deoghar (now in
Jharkhnad state) is of great significance. Shravani Mela is organised every year
in the Hindu month of Shravan, that is the lunar month of July- August.
Pilgrims, known as Kanwarias, wear saffron coloured clothes and collect water
from a sacred Ghat (river bank) at Sultanganj, walking the 108 km stretch
barefooted to the town of Deoghar to bathe a sacred Shiva-Linga. The
observance draws thousands of people to the town of Deoghar from all over
India.
Teej and Chitragupta Puja are other local festivals celebrated with fervor
in Bihar. Bihula-Bishari Puja is celebrated in the Anga region of Bihar. The
Sonepur cattle fair is a month long event starting approximately half a month
after Deepawali and is considered the largest cattle fair in Asia. It is held on the
banks of the Son River in the town of Sonepur. The constraints of the changing
times and new laws governing the sale of animals and prohibiting the trafficking
in exotic birds and beasts have eroded the once-upo-a-time magic of the fair.
Apart from Chhath, all major festivals of India are celebrated in bihar,
such as Makar Sankranti, Saraswati Puja, holi, Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha (often
called Eid-ul-Zuha in the Indian Subcontinent), Muharram, Ram Navami, Rath
yatra, Rakshbandhan, Maha Shivaratri, Durga Puja is celebrated with a grandeur
akin to the neighbouring state of Bengal, Diwali, Kali puja/Shyama puja/Nisha
puja is celebrated in the Mithjilanchal portion, Kojagra is also celebrated in the
Mithilanchal region, Laxmi puja , Christmas, Mahavir Jayanti, Buddha Purnima,
Chitragupta Puja, Gurpurab and several other local festivals as well.
Ph. D. Thesis (Geography) Page 126
Quality of Life in the city of Munger, Bihar
Cinema
Bihar has a robust cinema industry for the Bhojpuri language. There are
some small Maithili, Angika and Magadhi film industry.
A new film industry with angika dilect has been started here in Munger.
The films and art loving people have made an endavour to make films and
music albums with angika. Two music albums have already been released and a
film “Toh Se Lagi Lagan” is about to release.
quality of life. Quality of life helps in knowing the living standard of people and
how life situations could be improved for the better especially in the slum areas.
The study has been organized in different segments which is based on
analysis of maps prepared ward-wise and the data collected from fieldwork in
the slum areas of the city such as Delawarpur, Topekhana Bazar, Chhotikela-
bari, Purabasarai and Murgiachak. The intensity of slum is very high because
the sitting condition is absolutely in sanitary. The heaps of garbage lies here and
there and the living conditions of the poor menials the labour class people are
absolutely unfit for human living. Morover, with the decline of service facilities
and increase of population the slums are cropping up everywhere in the city.
These days’ slums have created a panic for cities development. It has been
a serious issue crated a panic for cities development . It has been a serious
issued for the town planning bodies not only in India but in Europe and North
America as well. Sums are the marginal areas of cities where the poor people are
illiterate, drinking water supply is miserably on lowest end and the vice of
underworlds predominate the scene, The study of slum is meaningful for
environmental modification and amelioration the problems of urban area for
providing more amenities to the ailing masses. This type of study finds ground
mostly in European counties, where the city centers are the problems in a
developing urban scenario of Munger.
Urban Life Quality has been mainly divided into three groups as given below.
The areal patterns of life quality have been shown in the map given.
The pattern of urban life could be differentiated with the help of male and
female living conditions, rich and poor.
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Chapter-6
If a ruler migrants who becomes slum dweller when they come to town in
search of job, altimetry they become jobless and house less if they either do not
get a job or when they get it the job is not to their satisfaction or it is not in
harmony with the qualification they hold. Poverty or lack of job satisfaction under
employment and lack of proper accommodation drive them in to frustration when
the population of the town swells because of the rural migrants it causes
tremendous pressure of infrastructural system or network existing in the town.
There is the question of transport because of the pressure of population the
transport system is not able to cope with the existing network, there are bottlenecks
or congestion and snarls in the town .the result is that the genuine and permanent
habitant suffers tremendously. Not only transport problem becomes difficult to
deals with but housing problem also begins to rear its ugly head. The question of
commodity the new arrivers in the cities and new addition to the population arises
and reminisce immediate solution .
The problem is now to eke out a living. It becomes difficult for them to
support themselves and sustain them self. The network of civic ammonites also
comes under tremendous strain . The increased population requires toilets and
bathroom facilities and when they do not them their Detroiters and medical
facilities are needed for them. Medical network show in efficient and in
responsible that the melodies & elements of the migrants are not treated well .
Trade and commerce also suffers.
The slum dwellers may suffer and they may be devoid of their human right
but there is one silver living in the darkening cloud, slum and slum dwellers are of
great benefits and advantage to the powerful and dominant section of the
population . There are the factory owners who recruit cheap workers from the
crowd of slum dwellers. The retail shopkeepers also get cheap labour for their
establishment. The politician gains because the slum dwellers act as vote bank in
their election. They make promises to the slum dwellers that they will improve
their condition and therefore, the slum dwellers are enticed to vote collectively for
them. The Polish and the government officials gain because they get safe bribes
from the residents of slum that is why nobody is interested in solving the problem
of slum dwellers. The question of solution of transport problem has cropped up in
the city of Munger .
“The city of Munger has an awkward location with special reference to the
transport route network because it lies far off from the railway track kiul –
Bhagalpur loop lines. Therefore, Munger-Jamalpur rail lines only act as a sub-
Urban railway. Inside the city Purabsarai and Munger Junction are located besides
bus depot in Sastrinagar and bus stand near town hall . Fort gate , purabsarai and
Munger station & Lal darwaza are some of the important transport notes of the city
which acts as the Nerve centers because they provided the line to the city people in
terms of moving to the offices ar other sector of occupation .
The city of Munger has facility of labrours train ( Coolie train ) which serve
the comminuting population of the city as daily commuters to the railway work
shop and citrate factory in Munger on northern fringe of the city the facility of
ferry point serves people in crossing the river for onward movements towards north
Bihar . In urban areas the maintenance of roads are very poors and the sanitary and
lighting of roads are in very poor states due to lack of fund and stealing activities of
people not only for electricity but also for bulb point etc.
Looking into the matter very closely we find that the problems of slum
and slum dwellers are not so acute in the city of Munger, Generally slums exist on
the rims and borders of big cities. It is these agglomerations that can validly be
called slums.
They were victim of natural calamities and hence they come to town of
Munger to save themselves they occupied any land and built small huts and begin
to lives in them, hence their problem differs from the problem of the slum dwellers
of the big cities.
In the city of Munger, about 45 percent people are living in slums and
squatter settlement. About 60,000 people are living in village centred areas of
2. Laldarwaja 31 Dome
3. Laldarwajaghat 25 Dome
8. Sudurkhana 30 Gareri
2. INSANITARY ENVIRONMENT :
Around the world over one billion residents live in inadequate housing,
mostly in slums and squatter settlements, where living conditions are poor and
services are insufficient. One-quarter of all urban housing units in developing
countries are temporary structures, and more than one third do not conform to
building regulations. In Munger we found two types of structure of the slum
dwellers. One who are known as untouchables and socially boycotted lives at
the outskirts or fringes of the city. Their homes are made up of brick, Mud and
polythene sheets. They are ill made and the basic problem is that they do not
have any sanitary facilities. The use open lands and open sewer for latrins.
The second are those who are the victims of flood and soil erosen by the
Ganga. They have alo migrated to the city for shelter and livelihood. They have
setteled here on government land or unoccupied lands and they constitute the
major part of the squatter settlements in this city. Areas like chua bagh, Lallu
Pokhar, Belan Bazar, Naya Gaun, Vasudeopur, Patel Nagar, Ganga Nagar,
Adarsh Gram, Tikapur Chandika Asthan anre the places where the people from
Kutlupur, Bahadurpur, Zafernagar, and Tikarampur diyera have migrated to the
city of Munger. Housing is some how better than the slums of the untouchables
but it also depends on the financial status of the migrents.
Some areas are well constructed with all the modern facilities like what in
lallu Pokher, Vasudeopur, Patel Nagar etc and on the same time when we see
Chua Bagh & Adarsh Gram we find squatter settlements which are almost equal
to slims. The houses are made up of Mud, Briks or big stones and fus and plastic
sheet. Here also we find no sanatory facility. People use open lands and the river
bank for latrins.
More than 1.4 billion people in developing countries lack access to safe
drinking water, which is one of the essentials for good health (World Resources,
1998-99: 68). World wide, about 2.3 billion people suffer from diseases that are
Munger is on the bank of river Ganga and hence for drinking water it is
dependent on Ganga. The water supply system under the PWD department of
the Government of Bihar has arranged to provide supply water in the each and
every corners of the city.The city of Munger gets drinking water from Kasturba
Water works of Munger Municipality with headquarters in Bari Bazar. It has
daily capacity of suppling 10.46 million gallons of water to different parts of the
city. The water tanks are found at Bari Bazar, Gulzar Pokher, Sadar Hospital,
Fort area, near churamba. The water supply mechanism provides drinking water
in the complete length and breth of the city.
Electricity Supply :
The city of Munger recievs electric supply from Barauni Thermal Power,
D.V.C and Patratu Thermals. The city provide electricity connection to 243
industrial units, 1917 commercial units, 1431 units for the street lights and about
12000 individual connections in the entire city. In times of electricity scarcity
NTPC kahelgaun also supply electricity. Not only in Munger but in the entire
ster of Bihar there is a huge shortage of electricity supply. The thermal powar
plants in the state are not functioning on the ful strength. They are producing
one fourth of their capacity. State – Center relations and the problem of Coal
linkage are the major problems behind this inadequate production. An another
NTPC at Badh, unit is going to be startd in 2011 and it has been hopped that it
will reduce some scarcity
Nala was cleand and that too was not done by the Muinisipal Corporation of
Munger but done y the ITC Company as a cheraty.
Nearly 67% of the sample migrant households in slums do not have any
arrangement made either by public or private services for garbage collection and
disposal. These households resorted to open dumping of garbage in
streets/ditches etc. About 27% of the households had access to the
Municipal/Corporation dustbin for garbage disposal. Only in the case of 6% of
the households, the garbage was disposed by the residents through burning.
Thus risk to human health are compounded in these slums, where garbage
collection is nonexistent in most cases and drainage tends to be poor, promoting
the growth of insects and other diseases vectors.
Munger lacks Garbage Disposal System and disposal of the solid waste
of the city. The Municipal Corporation have enough man power and technical
and mechanical support for this but the entire corporation is full of inefficient
peoples and further they present the worst work culture. The Garbage and the
solid waste are dumped in the outskirts of the city near Haji Subhan, and
Sandalpur.
Health Condition :
Living conditions in many urban slums are worse than those in the poorest
rural areas of the country (World Bank, 1993). This can be attributed partly to
the slums exceptionally unhealthy environment. Many of the most serious
through air, water, soil and food or through insect or animal vectors. The
concentration of people in areas where the provision of water, sanitation,
garbage collection and health care is inadequate creates the conditions where
infectious and parasitic disease thrive and spread. Around half the urban
population in developing countries is suffering from one or more of the diseases
associated with inadequate provision of water and sanitation (DFID,2001:20).
The incidence of the following disease seems to be larger among the migrant
households:
• Viral fever
• Dysentry
• Malaria
Viral fevers are very common among the slum dwellers and is linked to
contaminated water. Being poor and to economies on fuel almost all
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Quality of Life in the city of Munger, Bihar
• Dengue fever
• Madras Eye
• Tuberculosis
• Cancer
• Hepatitis
• Skin diseases
• Asthma
Most women respondents of younger age were anemic and stated that they
suffered from frequent headaches, and nausea caused by the foul smell from the
ditches, garbage dumping places, dirty water canal beds etc. Rapid urbanization
has adversely damaged the urban environment through air, water, solid waste
and noise pollution. Slum dwellers are the worst victims of urban environment
degradation. The chief victims of the accident at Bhopal, were not just workers,
but slum dwellers who had settled near the factory.
A recent WHO study on air pollution in 8 Indian cities reports that every
year 30,000 children are affected by asthma and the incidence of asthma is
larger among children living on roadsides than those living in less congested
streets, because the former inhale emissions of the motor vehicles. The
concentration of air pollutants exceeded the WHO guidelines in many urban
centers in India. Long term exposure to dust, sulphur dioxide and small particles
in the air causes a wide range of chronic respirations. In India, the death rate due
to cancer increased by 3% and that of lung cancer by 9% since 1990 (World
Resources Institute, 1997).
Solid wastes are the most visible form of pollution. Most of the
methods of disposing them pose serious threat to environment and human
health, particularly to those living in slums. In the absence of regular collection
of wastes by Municipalities/Corporations, the accumulated piles of garbage
promotes the multiplication of flies, which results in the spread of fly borne
disease such as typhoid, amoebic dysentery, diarrhea and cholera. Rodents also
breed and account for the spread of plague.
The problem of noise pollution is also severe among the slum dwellers as
they live on road sides, nearby railway tracks, under bridges etc. Noise pollution
causes headaches, sleep disturbances and mental stress.
The noise pollution has already reached a high level in most of the
metropolitan cities in all the residential, commercial, and industrial and silence
zones. The increasing noise pollution may be attributed to the increase in the
number of vehicles, workshops, loud speakers etc.
Health problems are more serve in urban areas as compared to rural areas
owing to poor solid waste management methods. While 75% of the households
in rural areas suffer health hazards, as high as 95% of urban households in rural
areas suffer from different kinds of ailments (Sundari and Saradha, 2001:77). In
India, municipal solid waste dumping grounds are a menace to society. For
instance in Mumbai, particulate matter levels at the Deonar dumping ground
were found to be about 2000 ug/m3 (micrograms per cubic meter) while the
WHO’s norm is 150 ug/m3 (Alappat and Dikhshit, 1999).
3. WORKING CONDITIONS :
There is a vast difference between rural life and urban life. No doubt the
basis of urban life is different from rural life, but urban life has its own
peculiarities and features, which have their own effect on different aspects of
man’s life, as socially, economically and politically, life in the city of Munger
have their own peculiarities. Here the political life is dynamic and changes with
the social need of urban life.
The slums and squatters people of Purabsarai, Munger are mostly labour
class people besides municipal workers, rickshaw pullers, beggars, vendor and
fakirs. Most of them came form Lakhmipur, Sakarpur, Tarapur, Sangrampur,
Chilla, Bela, Belhar, Chandpur and Akharmager. These place are located in
south eastern part of the district of Munger where these people have been
harassed by Yadav’s of the area which act as a push force and the opportunity of
getting a good job in the cities of Munger and Bhagalpur is a pull force for
attracting these people.
Fakir 1 1 1 Akbarnager
4. FOOD HABITS :
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Chapter – 7
SAMPLE STUDIES
SAMPLE STUDIES
As stated earlier, in the city of Munger, about 45 per cent people are living
in slums and squatter settlements. About 60,000 people are living in village
centred areas of the city such as Topkhana Bazar, Dilawarpur, Sadipur,
Murgiachak, Kasim Bazar, Garden Bazar, Guljarpokhar, Sadipur, Murgiachak,
Kasim Bazar, Garden Bazar, Guljarpokhra, Chuabagh, Sandalpur and Chhoti-
Kelabari. In all these slum areas ne can see heaps of garbage on the road, drains
choked with sevage, a huge crowd on the water taps gor drinking water, service
latrine rate, retouched condition of houses besides polluted environment in most
of the residential area.
The main cause of such a pitiable condition is due to the small expanse of
the original city centre, but how the addition is due to the small expanse of the
original city centre, but how the addition of new villages into the old city centre
have developed in the form of slum due their unmetalled narrow lanes with
potholes at place. All such areas have been included in this way in the cities of
Munger, a points of slum in these cities. According to 1961 census the following
villages are included in the municipal are of the city of Munger, Amarpur,
Hasanganj, Adampur, Gauripur, Ayodhya, Shankarpur, Hasanpur, Muzaffarpur,
Bag Naulakha and Heru Diara
Residental Areas
Ward
No Mohallas toatal population Sechudle cast Sechudle tribe Ot
1 Lal Darwazza , Shoji ghat 4977 916 27
2 Dalhatta , Bara Nala 4023 432
3 Dalhatta poor house , Railway line 3375 460
Gumti Sonar patti , baht tolly ,
4 chandishan 5152 548
5 Vasdevpur , Sherpur 3399 73
6 Basgadha , sunderpur , Khemka Kalisthan 3539 89
7 Naya goun , kala pathar road , shyampur 4464 302
8 Mugal Bazzar ,Basdevpur 4147 215
9 Gumti no 3 , Chandisthan road 4441 135
10 Shastri nagar 3505 234
Gumti No 2 , Jila school Boundary , Killa
11 kahi 4645 1043 14
Topkahana Bazzar, sewa sadan, masjid
12 road 3802 240
13 Kotwali neelam , Kriparampur 4003 296
14 Murgiachowk & Mumtaz market 3206 243 6
15 Purab sarai road & Railway line 3423 182
16 Madhopur , JBBRM college Road 3221 123
17 Dusbhujis Asthan and Prasad Road 3203 129 6
18 Raiser , Maheswar babu road 3331 164 4
Naya goun , shyampur ; sita kund ,
19 pirpahari 4578 254 8
20 Sujawalpur , hospital road 5041 167 10
21 Hajsujan , Krishnapuri 4234 246 8
22 Sajhuber road 3200 214 8
23 Kauda maidan , Dj college Road 3349 151
24 Sadhiur 4340 204 5
25 Kalitajia Road 4991 141
26 Bekapur Vastralya Road , Ramlila maidan 3207 40
27 Garden bazzar , Badi Bazaz 3271 47
28 Goshi tola raod , Kasturba Road 4959 59 4
29 Argara road , lallu pokhar road 3243 125 9
30 Pipalpati Belan bazzar 3666 515 33
31 Chuabaag , Pul Road 4965 371
32 Khanka road 4293 293 38
33 Mansaritalle Road , madanbabu Road 4087 151
34 Sandalpur , Puranigunj 4650 348 6
1. MUSLIM MOHALLAS
The city, Bihar state, northeastern India, on the ganges (Ganga) River.
Munger is said to have founded by the Guptas (4th century B.C) and contains a
fort that houses the tomb of the Muslim saint Shah Mushk Nafa (died 1497). In
1763 Mir Qasim, was constituted a municipality in 1864.
Purabsarai 42
Laldarwajaghat 31
Fort Area 33
Sudurkhana 21.
Heru Diara 62
4. OTHERS
Other social groups have already been studied in some detail in earlier
parts of the present work.
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Chapter – 8
− Testing of Hypotheses
− Major Problems
− References
TESTING OF HYPOTHESIS
The function of the hypothesis is to state a specific relationship between
phenomena in such a way that this relationship can be empirically tested. The
basic method of this demonstration is to design the research so that logic will
require the acceptance or rejection of the hypothesis on the basis of resulting
data.
MAJOR PROBLEMS
Women and children are the worst victims. Physically, mentally and
emotionally they are affected. People who were never on the streets had to sleep
on pavements, without proper security of their lives. A comparison of the
income level of migrants with non-migrant population, show that the former are
slightly better off. However, there is steady deterioration in the quality of life of
migrant households. Poor quality of life and poverty go hand in hand, one
perpetuating the other.
Nearly 67% of the sample migrant households in slum do not have any
arrangement made either by public or private services for garbage collection and
disposal. These households resorted to open dumping of garbage in
streets/ditches etc. About 24% of the households had access to the Municipal /
Corporation dust bin for garbage disposal. Only in the case of 6% of the
households, the garbage was disposed by the residents through burning. Thus
risk to human health are compounded in these slums, where garbage collection
is nonexistent in most cases and drainage tends to be poor, promoting the
growth of insects and other diseases vectors.
Around the world over one billion residents live in inadequate housing,
mostly in slums and squatter settlements, where living conditions are poor and
services are insufficient. One-quarter of all urban housing units in developing
countries are temporary structures, and more than one third do not conform to
building regulations.
More than 104 billion people in developing countries lack access to safe
drinking water, which is one of the essentials for good health (World Resources,
1998 – 99: 68). Worldwide, about 2.3 billion people suffer from diseases that
are linked to poor water quality. An estimated 4 billion cases of diarrheal
disease occur every year causing 3 to 4 million deaths mostly among children.
Electricity Supply :
95% of the migrant households The main problem is that during monsoon, the
sewerage flows into the huts of the households.
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In this part, measures have been adopted to deal with the variations in the
quality of life of urban peoples in the cities of Munger. Such study has recently
drawn attention of the scholars and the urban planners as well due to ever
increasing population in the urban centers. This is wholly dependent on the
person per room found in the residential house, types and patterns of latrines
used by the urban resident, the level of literacy in percent, the upkeep of lawn
and gardens dress materials, ornaments used and the food habit of people.
In this project the interest has been shown that the people are keener in
adopting modernity by the modern means of living but poverty is the main
hurdle to have such a way life. Cultural heritage is the guideline for the
urbanites, and most of the people of Munger understand themselves as military
might of the society as their forefathers have fought several wars with the kings
and kingdoms who had putted their jealous eye of the administer of Anga.
of drier tropical type due to annual rainfall of just 125 cm in the whole year. The
vegetation is semi-dry monsoon type and the soil is coarse structure riverine
sandy and loamy sand Type. It comes under the levee zone of the Ganga river.
The climate is salubrious and the land-use intensity is decreasing from central
part of the cities towards its periphery due to distance decay function of
population density, declining price of the land , gradient of population density
and the safety of people from city core to the periphery.
The Fourth chapter is related to functional areas and the levels of quality
of life. The Fifth chapter is related to Types and Patterns of Quality of Life and
Living. The Sixth chapter is related to Degraded Residential Areas : The Slums
and squatters. The Seventh chapter is related to Sample Studies. The Eighth
chapter deals with Management and Re-orientation: Problems and Planning.
2. One of the most significant specialities of the city is formed by its quite
widespread informal occupations not commonly found in majority of
Indian cities known to the researcher.
3. The interclass gaps of life quality are highly prounced in the city.
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