Severe water crisis in some parts of Old Dhaka is causing acute suffering to the residents.
The residents of different areas, including Gendaria, Sutrapur, Gualghat, Narinda, Lakshmibazar, Rhrishikesh Das Road, Kaltabazar, Islampur, Loharpul, Faridabad, Mugda and Jatrabari are passing days in acute scarcity of water.
They have alleged that the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority failed to supply enough water to the areas to meet their daily necessities.
Dhaka South City’s ward-41 councilor Sarwar Hossain Alo has told New Age that the water supply authorities took no step though he had submitted several complaints to them in the last one month.
Jannatul Ferdaus, a student of Jagannath University and a former resident of Rhrishikesh Das Lane, has said that she left the area because of the acute water crisis.
I could not take shower and do my household works day after day as there was not even a single drop of water in the line,’ she said.
WASA officials have said that they are now capable of producing 2,450 million litres of water every day against the demand for 2,400 million litres per day.
The WASA runs 712 deep tube-wells and five water treatment plants in the city to supply water in the capital.
Dhaka WASA director (technical) AKM Shahid Uddin has said that resident of some areas are facing water crisis as the WASA is replacing some deep tube-wells.
Though the production is more than the demand, the dwellers of some areas are facing water crisis due to some technical problems,’ he added.