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People of Joar Sahara crying out for water

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  • Update Time : Sunday, April 3, 2022
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The residents of Joar Sahara area in the capital have been suffering much for a severe shortage of water in the supply line of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA).

Many said that several thousand people living in Jomoj road, Manobbandhon road, and Khapara road areas have not been getting water for two weeks.

They are struggling to collect water from alternative sources for washing, cooking, bathing and using in the toilets.

 

Talking to the Daily Sun, ward councillor Md Ishaq Mia has said, “The WASA has been apprised of the water shortage in the supply line.”

“WASA engineers are working to solve the problem. I along with the residents of the area visit the pump station under Kuril Flyover. The WASA executive engineer has assured us of solving the problem very soon.”

DWASA Director (technical) A K M Shahid Uddin said they will fix the problem by Saturday (today).

“There is a shortage of water supply. We have enough reserve of water. We are now making a connection network to supply water from the pump down Kuril Flyover,” he added.

During a visit to Jomoj road area under Joar Sahara, this correspondent has found that residents standing in long queues are collecting water from a deep tubewell line of a washing factory beside Baitul Mahmud Jam-e-Mosque area.

Many people were seen crowding near the deep tube well line to fetch water for domestic use. An elderly person was seen taking bath on the road.

 

He said, “I can’t take bath for the last few days as there is no water in the supply line. I cannot take the water with heavy with a pitcher in my home in a high-rise building. That’s why I am taking bath on road.”

Md Hira, a resident of Jomoj road area, said, “We are not getting water from the supply line for the last two weeks. We are buying bottled water for drinking but we are struggling to manage water for taking bath, cooking and doing other households properly.”

Nipa Akther, a resident of the same road, came to collect water from far away with a bucket and pitcher.

She said, “We don’t get a drop of water from the line of WASA. It is a disgusting thing that I have to fetch water in my buildings two times a day for the last two weeks. It is very difficult to collect water for drinking, bathing, cooking and even the use in the toilets.”

Sharing her ordeal in fetching water in her building, she wanted the immediate solution to the problem.

Regular devotees of mosques in the area said that they are facing a problem as there is no water for performing ablution.

Md Imran, a hotel owner, said businesses, including hotels and small shops, are also hit by the water crisis.

“We have to use water for cooking and washing buying bottled water. The customers of my hotel drop significantly,” he said.

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