“…The increase in risk of diarrheal diseases linked with floods has been reported for India (Mondal et al, 2001). The contaminated water can cause transmission of various waterborne infections leading to E. coli infection, cholera, typhoid, cryptosporidium, shigella, giardia, and viruses such as hepatitis A (Gabastou et al, 2002;Kovats and Akhtar, 2008;Majra and Gur, 2009). Besides, floods also lead to certain rodent-borne diseases such as including tularemia, leptospirosis, and viral hemorrhagic diseases.…”