Inundative Vectorism and Endemial Distempers: Malaria in Thar Desert

Deserts and malaria disease are antonymous concepts. It is also astonishing to learn that human interventions can bring out such drastic change of landscape that the impossible appears in a distinct manner. This is the story of malaria in the Thar Desert which has become 'possible' due to the introduction of a sustained water supply in the Thar Desert of western India through the hundreds of kilometers long Indira Gandhi Canal system. The introduction of water in a desert ecosystem and its implications have been analysed here with respect to the geographical factors and the development of malaria disease in the Thar Desert districts.