Residents of Khulna city are suffering from serious water crisis as Khulna Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) is currently supplying only nine crore litres of water against the daily demand of 24 crore litres for around 15 lakh people of Khulna city.
About half of the remaining 15 crore litre of water is being supplied through 3748 tube-wells installed by Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and 22,701 other private owned tube-wells.
And so, a good number of city dwellers have to depend on other sources including ponds for water.
Khulna Wasa has 73 large 'production' tube-wells which are used to supply nine crore litres of water through pipelines for the subscribers in Khulna city, officials said.
To increase the supply of water to mitigate the sufferings of people during the month of Ramadan production tube-wells will be kept running for 16 to 20 hours instead of usual 12 hours a day, they said.
Wasa authorities have also decided to keep water-filled tanks ready at some important points in the city during Ramadan, said Nishchinto Kumar Poddar, secretary of Khulna Wasa.
Khulna Wasa has undertaken a Tk 2,500 crore 'Khulna Water Supply Project' that has already got approval from the Executive Committee of National Economic Council for implementation, said engineer M Abdullah, managing director (MD) of Khulna Wasa.
Under this gigantic project, water will be brought through pipelines from Madhumati River in Mollahat upazila of Bagerhat district to Shamantashena in Rupsha upazila of Khulna district.
The water brought from the Madhumati will be purified at the water treatment plant at Shamantashena and supplied through pipelines to the subscribers of Khulna city.
The proposed water supply project includes installation of 700 kilometres of pipeline, said the MD of Khulna Wasa.
Works for acquiring land under this project are going on for construction of a water treatment plant.
At least 75,000 subscribers will get benefit of water supply with implementation of this project which is expected to be completed by 2017, the MD said.
"Besides, works for installation of new 13 production tube-wells are nearing completion. After completion, it will be possible to supply more five crore litres of water a day in Khulna city," he said.
Source : The Daily Star
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