City Desk :
Every house, government and non-government buildings must have its own septic tank for sewage management in the capital, said Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam on Sunday.
“Sewerage lines should not be led directly into lakes or canals,” he said at a workshop on ‘Safe Sewage Management: Things to Do’ organised by Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) at the city’s Nagar Bhaban, reports UNB.
The minister said, “About 99 per cent of buildings in Dhaka have been built violating laws and regulations. And most of the houses in the capital do not have septic tanks.”
As there is no septic tank, the sewerage line goes directly into the canal and lake polluting the water and threatening species, including fish, the minister added.
