Power outages every few minutes in some areas Tuesday disrupted livelihood while severe gas and water crises added to the woes of public life in the greater Dhaka area, even before the start of the peak summer, reports UNB.
The two-day regional seminar titled `Water Disputes in South Asia: Threats to Security', concluded yesterday with a call to the leaders of the region to forge greater consensus among the people to ensure that the countries concerned get equitable share of water of the trans-border rivers.
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) doubled the price of one lorry of water with effect from yesterday. The price hike comes when Wasa is struggling to meet the demand for water in the city. The price of one lorry of water (5,400 litres) was increased to Tk 400 from Tk 200, said Chief Engineer of Wasa Mohammad Nurul Haque.
The Indian government has said that no water will be permanently diverted or withdrawn through the Tipaimukh hydropower dam project, water resources minister Ramesh Chandra Sen said on Sunday.
In case India goes on with Tipaimukh water-electricity plan then government does not have any data on what type and to what extent damages would be faced by Bangladesh.
The opposition BNP launched on Tuesday a series of protests spread over a month to protest power, water, and gas crises and 'worsening security'.
Diarrhoea turns endemic City water system contaminated
Diarrhoea outbreak in the city has become phenomenal as the inhabitants have no other way except for drinking muddy and stinking water.
Long lines of parched residents waiting with buckets or other containers in front of a Wasa truck has become an all too familiar scene for Dhaka dwellers and all indicators suggest that the situation will get worse before it gets better, if it ever does.
It fails to treat polluted river water; over 10,000 ended up in diarrhoea hospital
