Residents in several sectors in the capital鈥檚 Uttara and its adjacent areas are facing an acute water crisis.
Residents in the capital鈥檚 Uttara sectors 7, 9, 11 and 13 are facing water crisis from seven days to one month, while the residents in Uttarkhan area have claimed that they have been facing water crisis for many years.
Residents on the lake drive road in Uttara sector-7 alleged that they were not getting piped water for the past one month.
They said that they used to buy water from Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority鈥檚 water lorry paying extra money.聽
鈥楾here has been no piped water in my house for the past one month. We have to buy water from Dhaka WASA water tanks by spending extra money. We could not buy water from tanks for the past few days due to high demand amid acute water crisis in the area,鈥� retired Lieutenant Colonel Kamal Ahmed, owner of a house on Lake Drive Road of Sector-7 in Uttara, told 抖阴精品 on Saturday.
Dhaka WASA deputy managing director AKM Shahid Uddin acknowledged the water crisis in Uttara areas and claimed that he visited the areas on the day.
鈥業 have visited the area today. The hot weather increases the demand for water as people are having baths three times a day. We set up deep tube wells 15-20 years ago, but the population in the areas has increased threefold,鈥� he added.
Shahid claimed that they were not getting land to install new deep-tube wells as they had sought land from the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha and deputy commissioner鈥檚 office.
鈥榃e are not getting land and they have asked us to buy land. Dhaka WASA has no provision to buy land for setting up deep tube wells,鈥� he added.
Monju Alam, a businessman, living in the capital鈥檚 Uttara-11 sector, had been facing water crisis for the past seven days and were being forced to buy water from Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority鈥檚 water lorry.
鈥榃e have been facing water crisis for the past seven days. We are not getting piped water and are being forced to buy water from Dhaka WASA tankers paying extra amount for household work,鈥� said Monju.
Against the backdrop, DWASA has decided to increase water tariff by 10 per cent to be made effective from July 1 for both residential and commercial uses.
Israt Jahan Tuhin, a school teacher and a resident of Uttarkhan area, alleged that they were not receiving waters in the areas for years despite paying bills every month.
鈥楾he water we get from the pipe is not usable. We have to collect water from other areas that is expensive for us,鈥� she added.聽聽