‘80% diseases attributed to lack of safe water’
Dhaka, July 17 (UNB) – Experts at a workshop here on Tuesday said that about 80 percent of water-borne diseases break out in the dry season in the country due to lack of safe water.
There is no substitute to safe water and sanitation for ensuring good health. Collective efforts by donor agencies, NGOs and the Bangladesh government can ensure the supply of safe water, they said.
SUJOL project of Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) organised the workshop titled “Innovations in Water Sector: A Social Business Approach” at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University.
Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) Chief Engineer Mohammad Nuruzzaman attended as the chief guest while DAM Executive Director Dr. M Ehsanur Rahman presided over the ceremony.
Interim Ambassador of the Netherlands to Dhaka Carel Richter and Ecological Management Foundation (EMF) Director Frederic Claasen were present as guests of honour.
Water and Sanitation experts from home and abroad also took part.
The function was told that about 8.32 million ultra-poor people of 32 upazilas in 19 districts have been brought under the fold of safe water and sanitation facilities through implementation of various programmes since 2011 under the SUJOL project undertaken by DAM for ensuring safe water.
The SUJOL project began its journey through the installation of capDI-1 in cooperation with local people of Baksa village in Keragachhi union of Kalaroa upazila in Satkhira district last year.
Innovated by Voltea, a reputed organisation of Netherlands, Power-driven CapDI-1 eradicates excessive arsenic, saline and iron from underground water and produces 25,000 litres of water every day. This is an epoch-making innovation in water sector of Bangladesh, according to experts.
SUJOL aims to improve water quality in Bangladesh by implementing a unique combination of breakthrough water treatment technology CapDI-1 that purifies water by removing contaminating ions.
There is no substitute to safe water and sanitation for ensuring good health. Collective efforts by donor agencies, NGOs and the Bangladesh government can ensure the supply of safe water, they said.
SUJOL project of Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) organised the workshop titled “Innovations in Water Sector: A Social Business Approach” at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University.
Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) Chief Engineer Mohammad Nuruzzaman attended as the chief guest while DAM Executive Director Dr. M Ehsanur Rahman presided over the ceremony.
Interim Ambassador of the Netherlands to Dhaka Carel Richter and Ecological Management Foundation (EMF) Director Frederic Claasen were present as guests of honour.
Water and Sanitation experts from home and abroad also took part.
The function was told that about 8.32 million ultra-poor people of 32 upazilas in 19 districts have been brought under the fold of safe water and sanitation facilities through implementation of various programmes since 2011 under the SUJOL project undertaken by DAM for ensuring safe water.
The SUJOL project began its journey through the installation of capDI-1 in cooperation with local people of Baksa village in Keragachhi union of Kalaroa upazila in Satkhira district last year.
Innovated by Voltea, a reputed organisation of Netherlands, Power-driven CapDI-1 eradicates excessive arsenic, saline and iron from underground water and produces 25,000 litres of water every day. This is an epoch-making innovation in water sector of Bangladesh, according to experts.
SUJOL aims to improve water quality in Bangladesh by implementing a unique combination of breakthrough water treatment technology CapDI-1 that purifies water by removing contaminating ions.
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