Surat 2006 Floods: A Citizens' Report

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for conducting the field work and undertaking the task of data entry.• The faculty of the Centre for Social Studies (CSS) for useful comments on the questionnaire and facilitating the study.• Those who participated in the post-survey workshop and encouraged the students for conducting the field work within a short span.• The respondents for their patience and co-operation while replying to our queries at a time when their lives were in a mess.

A case control study to explore the risk factors for acquisition of leptospirosis in Surat city, after flood

“…It was because a large proportion of labor groups who worked during cleaning activities after fl ood reside in these areas. Similar fi ndings were reported by Akash Acharya et al [3] who found that in Katargam area, the maximum level of fl oodwater was 20 feet.…”