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5.8<br />

Moyna 0.6280 0.1592 0.542286 0.497<br />

N<strong>and</strong>akumar 0.5394 0.0706 0.567176 0.414<br />

N<strong>and</strong>igram-III 0.2716 0.1707 0.347487 0.279<br />

Haldia<br />

Sub Division<br />

Mahisadal 0.5332 0.0950 0.451286 0.383<br />

N<strong>and</strong>igram-I 0.2924 0.1481 0.413053 0.302<br />

N<strong>and</strong>igram-II 0.2317 0.0604 0.336969 0.214<br />

Sutahata 0.1309 0.0423 0.23964 0.139<br />

Egra<br />

Sub Division<br />

Patashpur-I 0.8649 0.2675 0.612328 0.723<br />

Patashpur-II 1.0000 0.0832 0.572259 0.599<br />

Bhagwanpur-I 0.4896 0.1376 0.50763 0.413<br />

Egra-I 0.5338 0.0848 0.606545 0.436<br />

Egra-II 0.5077 0.1440 0.564641 0.447<br />

Contai<br />

Sub Division<br />

Khejuri -I 0.2585 0.0730 0.331388 0.227<br />

Khejuri-II 0.1854 0.0780 0.377971 0.219<br />

Bhagwanpur-II 0.4078 0.1121 0.561826 0.386<br />

Ramnagar-I 0.2215 0.0291 0.327166 0.195<br />

Ramnagar-II 0.4324 0.0641 0.357101 0.294<br />

Contai-I 0.2065 0.1223 0.402414 0.254<br />

Contai-II 0.2729 0.0534 0.429623 0.258<br />

Contai-III 0.1842 0.0755 0.644642 0.310<br />

5.4. Vulnerability Assessment of Physical <strong>and</strong> Social Infrastructure<br />

Impact of a disaster can be appropriately evaluated by the time needed to restore normalcy. And<br />

disaster of any kind invariably tends to curtail the man’s ability to restore normalcy by severely<br />

affecting its physical <strong>and</strong> social infrastructure. In this study we will primarily concentrate on threes<br />

basic types of physical infrastructure, namely a) road connectivity, b) access to safe drinking water<br />

<strong>and</strong> c) access to hygienic sanitation facilities. Apart from that, we will also focus on a) education <strong>and</strong><br />

b) heath infrastructure <strong>and</strong> their role in dictating the vulnerability of a particular settlement.<br />

5.4.1. Physical infrastructure<br />

Road connectivity is of paramount importance as it guides the success of evacuation during pre <strong>and</strong><br />

post disaster stages as well as reaching of aid <strong>and</strong> relief to the affected population. Road connectivity<br />

index of a particular CD block has been derived from road length in km per sq.km area as well as per<br />

‘000 population. Both surfaced as well as unsurfaced roads have been taken into consideration along<br />

with relative share. Higher the road connectivity lesser it is vulnerable to impediments in the<br />

evacuation as well as aid <strong>and</strong> relief distribution. Disruption in the road connectivity can be either due<br />

to temporary blockages due uprooted trees or due to damage of the culverts <strong>and</strong> bridges. Based on

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