Problem:

Bangladesh is surrounded by hundreds of rivers. However, during the monsoon

these rivers and heavy rainfall are also responsible for many waterborne diseases. It
is a regular picture that during rainy season, number of patients admitted in hospital
rises because of this water borne diseases. Although, it is a common scenario, there
are no uniform understandings on specific factors of these diseases, most diseases
prone areas, specific required remedies to prevent and cure these diseases, more
specific timing of these areas and so on. There have been some researches on
these issues but because of a uniform presentation, broad level measurements to
take care of this regular annoyance still exist.

Solution:

The pride of Bangladesh is its rivers with one of the largest networks in the world
with a total number of about 700 rivers including tributaries, which have a total length
of about 24,140 km. However, these rivers also brought some headache for us like
water borne diseases in the flooded area during monsoon. The govt. is implementing
a system, which can make it possible to have proper big data available on a number
of areas. In the given scenario, if the researchers have access to large amount of big
data that is open to all, they can execute effective decision at ease, which would be
beneficial for a larger amount of population. In addition, the government and
policymakers can locate areas that are more likely to be effective and take
necessary steps such as sending essential relief and medics to the hospitals in those
areas. With the help of real time data, it is even possible to track the number of
patients admitted in an area for a particular diseases. These observations will help in
the future as well to take precautionary steps. Again, when big data become open
data it is more likely to benefit mass people. It can act as a key factor in ensuring
transparency. It also upholds the active right of a human- right to information.