UNB, Dhaka :
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday told Parliament that 87 percent of the country’s population is now under safe water coverage.
“The remaining 13 percent also collect safe water from other distant sources,” he said replying to a starred question from ruling Awami League MP Anwarul Azim Anar (Jhenaidah-4).
The minister said now 99 percent of the population is also under basic sanitation coverage in the country. Of them, 61 percent use modern latrines, while 28 percent shared ones and 10 percent ‘non-developed’ latrines.
In reply to another starred question from Awami League MP AKM Shahjahan Kamal (Laxmipur-3), Mosharraf said there are 71,654 farmers’ cooperatives societies with 22.95 lakh active members across the country under Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB).
Besides, there are 7,069 women cooperatives societies with 2.56 lakh active members in the country, he added.
Replying to an unstarred (written) question from the ruling party MP M Abdul Latif, the minister informed the House that the use of
toxic chemicals, including formalin, is declining day by day due to regular drives against food adulteration by the authorities concerned.
Mosharraf said the country’s 11 city corporations, including Dhaka South City Corporation and Dhaka North City Corporation, are conducting mobile courts and drives regularly against the use of different toxic chemicals, including formalin with seasonal fruits.
With the help of the district administration, the municipality authorities also continue mobile courts and drives against food adulteration, he said.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Dr Biren Sikder informed Parliament that a process is underway to set up two more regional training centres of Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) at Ramu in Cox’s Bazar and Poba in Rajshahi.
There are now five BKSP regional training centres in five divisions-Chittagong, Barisal, Khulna, Sylhet and Rangpur, he noted.
The junior minister also said the government has a plan to set a regional training centre of BKSP in each division of the country.
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday told Parliament that 87 percent of the country’s population is now under safe water coverage.
“The remaining 13 percent also collect safe water from other distant sources,” he said replying to a starred question from ruling Awami League MP Anwarul Azim Anar (Jhenaidah-4).
The minister said now 99 percent of the population is also under basic sanitation coverage in the country. Of them, 61 percent use modern latrines, while 28 percent shared ones and 10 percent ‘non-developed’ latrines.
In reply to another starred question from Awami League MP AKM Shahjahan Kamal (Laxmipur-3), Mosharraf said there are 71,654 farmers’ cooperatives societies with 22.95 lakh active members across the country under Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB).
Besides, there are 7,069 women cooperatives societies with 2.56 lakh active members in the country, he added.
Replying to an unstarred (written) question from the ruling party MP M Abdul Latif, the minister informed the House that the use of
toxic chemicals, including formalin, is declining day by day due to regular drives against food adulteration by the authorities concerned.
Mosharraf said the country’s 11 city corporations, including Dhaka South City Corporation and Dhaka North City Corporation, are conducting mobile courts and drives regularly against the use of different toxic chemicals, including formalin with seasonal fruits.
With the help of the district administration, the municipality authorities also continue mobile courts and drives against food adulteration, he said.
State Minister for Youth and Sports Dr Biren Sikder informed Parliament that a process is underway to set up two more regional training centres of Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) at Ramu in Cox’s Bazar and Poba in Rajshahi.
There are now five BKSP regional training centres in five divisions-Chittagong, Barisal, Khulna, Sylhet and Rangpur, he noted.
The junior minister also said the government has a plan to set a regional training centre of BKSP in each division of the country.
