UNB, Cox’s Bazar :
One of the world’s largest humanitarian solar water systems was officially inaugurated on Wednesday by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partner the Japan International Development Agency (JICA).
The network will provide safe, clean water to approximately 30,000 people living in the Kutupalong Mega-Camp from a deep underground well.
This network is the largest and most cost-effective system in the camps, and is the result of positive collaboration between JICA, the Bangladeshi government, the United States and IOM.
Generous funding came from the government of the United States and the government of Japan.
Local Government Division (LGD) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed inaugurated the water supply network at Camp-12.
Helal Uddin Ahmed said: “This network will go a long way in meeting the needs of the community and is a great example of cooperation between the agencies.”
The Japan Embassy’s Minister Takeshi Ito, Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) Mohammed Abul Kalam, IOM Chief of Mission in Bangladesh Giorgi Gigauri, Cox’s Bazar’s Deputy Commissioner Md Kamal Hossain, Department of Public Health Engineering’s Chief Engineer Md. Saifur Rahman and JICA Bangladesh Office’s Chief Representative Hitoshi Hirata were present.
Japan Embassy’s Minister Takeshi Ito said: “I would like to commend the people of Bangladesh who have accepted more than 700,000 displaced people … we’re now providing safe water for 300,000 people and it’ll contribute to realisation of Sustainable Development Goal Number Six: ‘Clean Water and Sanitation for all.'”
One of the world’s largest humanitarian solar water systems was officially inaugurated on Wednesday by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partner the Japan International Development Agency (JICA).
The network will provide safe, clean water to approximately 30,000 people living in the Kutupalong Mega-Camp from a deep underground well.
This network is the largest and most cost-effective system in the camps, and is the result of positive collaboration between JICA, the Bangladeshi government, the United States and IOM.
Generous funding came from the government of the United States and the government of Japan.
Local Government Division (LGD) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed inaugurated the water supply network at Camp-12.
Helal Uddin Ahmed said: “This network will go a long way in meeting the needs of the community and is a great example of cooperation between the agencies.”
The Japan Embassy’s Minister Takeshi Ito, Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) Mohammed Abul Kalam, IOM Chief of Mission in Bangladesh Giorgi Gigauri, Cox’s Bazar’s Deputy Commissioner Md Kamal Hossain, Department of Public Health Engineering’s Chief Engineer Md. Saifur Rahman and JICA Bangladesh Office’s Chief Representative Hitoshi Hirata were present.
Japan Embassy’s Minister Takeshi Ito said: “I would like to commend the people of Bangladesh who have accepted more than 700,000 displaced people … we’re now providing safe water for 300,000 people and it’ll contribute to realisation of Sustainable Development Goal Number Six: ‘Clean Water and Sanitation for all.'”
