The Impact of Amphan in an Urban Sphere of West Bengal: An Anthropological Understanding

Subhajit Sen

Abstract: The present article tried to depict the horrifying situation due to the disaster (super cyclone Amphan) in an urban sphere of Kolkata. The findings of this study majorly focus on the issues like the problems and crisis of water and electricity, anxiety among the people, changes in the pattern of lifestyle, and due to these problems there is a possibility that different kinds of precautions for COVID-19 may go in vein. This study also suggest to do intense ethnographic study for this kind of vulnerable conditions, so the strategies which will be taken for well being of citizens can be managed through proper plans, policies and necessary steps.

Keywords: Super Cyclone, Problems, Disaster, Precautions, Ethnography