Keeping in view of high prevalence of tuberculosis in far western development region in different reports, adoor to door survey of 125 household was carried out randomly in Mahendra Nagar municipality ward no13 of Kanchanpur district to pick up symptomatics suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis and find the prevalence in the target population. A total of 200 sputum specimens from 70 symptomatics within the age rangeof 10-80 years were collected and subjected to smear microscopy by Ziehl - Neelsen's method. Out of 10positive cases (14.28%), infection in males and females was 80% and 20% respectively. The infection wasfound in the productive age group 20-69. The highest prevalence was obtained in 20-29 age group (25%)followed by 40-49 (11%), 30-39 (9%), 50-59 (8%) and 60-69 (8%). The diagnostic yield of single sputumspecimen examined was insufficient in field condition, especially where the sputum positivity was low. Of thethree sputum smears examined, the early morning specimen had the best result.Key Words: Pulmonary tuberculosis, prevalence, sputum smears.

Cyclospora and Cryptosporidium are obligate, intracellular, coccidian protozoa that cause selflimited diarrhoea in immunocompetent and prolonged diarrhoea in immunocompromised patients. This is the first case of coccidia infection acquired after swimming in a swimming pool in Nepal. This study describes the chronological evidence of these coccidia infections in a Nepalese swimmer with the possible epidemiological link of the environmental contamination in swimming pools in Kathmandu. It represents an important public health issue among the urban areas of the world.

Cyclospora and Cryptosporidium are obligate, intracellular, coccidian protozoa that cause selflimited diarrhoea in immunocompetent and prolonged diarrhoea in immunocompromised patients. This is the first case of coccidia infection acquired after swimming in a swimming pool in Nepal. This study describes the chronological evidence of these coccidia infections in a Nepalese swimmer with the possible epidemiological link of the environmental contamination in swimming pools in Kathmandu. It represents an important public health issue among the urban areas of the world.

-An industrial unit changes the socio-economic fabric of the vicinity. It gives some benefits to the area and posses certain problems. The thermal power plant named as Kalisindh Thermal Power Project constructed in State Rajasthan is no exception to this. For construction of this power project land of nearby villages viz Devri, Motipura, Nimoda, Singhania and Undal was acquired. Problems of school education in these villages have analyzed to know the difficulties faced by villagers for education of their children. A survey has been carried out on people living in these villages through a structured questionnaire to collect data. Convenience sampling is used for collection of data. Frequency, percentage, simple arithmetic mean and ANOVA are the statistical tools used for the analysis. With help of this study, it has been concluded that major problems faced by villagers regarding educational facilities are non availability of local teachers and their bad response, location of private school at distance; hence commuting is time consuming as well as hectic for children. Also distant private schools are expensive, so everyone can not afford them. This education remains a major social concern in the area.

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