People working at the Sayedabad water treatment plant of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority drink mineral water processed and marketed by another company instead of its own brand, Shanti, although the WASA product adheres to the required standards.
During a programme at the plant on Wednesday, where Denmark's ambassador Svend Olling and France's ambassador Charley Causeret were present, a lorry supplied Alpine Fresh water for drinking.
An official of the plant said that they received water bottle supplies from Alpine Fresh for drinking at the plant all the time.
The DWASA managing director, Taqsem A Khan, said, 'Perhaps the people who we have the contract with supply us with water processed and marketed by another company. I will look into the matter.'
About 700 people, including about 150 officers working at the Saidabad plant drink Alpine Fresh water while WASA's own brand Shanti, which adheres to all the required standards, is facing an acute marketing crisis.
A senior official said that although Shanti is of the best quality, it is not used by other government offices.
Dhaka WASA's Bottle Water Production Plant was set up at Mirpur in 2006 at a cost of Tk 17 crore with technical support from US company Severn Trent Services. The plant has the capacity to produce 30,000 litres of bottled water, brand-named Shanti, a day.
Source : New Age
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