Government Must Ensure Safe Water
When people were heaving a sigh of relief as the cases of corona virus were declining, severe diarrhoea out break took away the mental peace.
It has been reported that hospital admissions have reached record levels, more than three lakh have been hospitalised and 29 people have died.
Diarrhoea is a waterborne disease which is caused by polluted water, Dhaka WASA has failed to supply safe water and WASA MD himself gets foul-smelling tap water at home but says it is harmless! We do not know what to say it is so preposterous. It is the government’s sacred duty to ensure the supply of pure water but it has failed miserably. The government must take immediate steps to remedy it as it is revealing inefficiency and unsympathetic attitude to the people.
Nur Jahan
Chattogram
Preserve Rain water
Huge abstraction of groundwater to meet the demand of huge amount of groundwater is leading us to a new crisis. In Dhaka city, the water level is going down by 3 meters every year. Moreover, various types of installations are being constructed by filling the reservoirs in the urban areas. As a result, the groundwater level is constantly falling. It causes a crisis of soft groundwater.
Rainwater is a very good alternative source of soft water. Rainwater improves digestion, acts as an antioxidant in cancer patients, makes hair beautiful and acts as a bactericide. So we should pay more attention to the utilization of rain water. Another advantage of using rainwater is that it greatly reduces the cost of pumping and thus electricity is saved. There are several ways to conserve rainwater. Rainwater is largely capable of meeting our soft water needs. So in the current water crisis, we need to focus on making full use of rainwater.
A. R. Sultana
PSTU
