Water crisis deepens in Senpara Parbata
Md Shawkat Akbar was hurrying to his friend's house at Monipuri Para, 1km away from his. He was running out of time before Juma prayers Friday. He needed a shower.
For the last few days, Shwakat of the capital's Senpara Parbata has been facing similar situations as a severe water crisis hit the neighbourhood.
“The water crisis has become very severe for the last five days,” said Shawkat.
He said his wife also had to bathe in his Mirpur-6 office after returning home from her office.
“I am preparing to move to other area to get rid of this unbearable problem.”
He said although Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) provided water to the residents through its trucks, it was inadequate.
More than 1,000 families of Senpara Parbata have been suffering from the water crisis for the last couple of weeks. And the situation worsened in the last five days.
“We get water for only 10 to 15 minutes a day,” said Akhtaruzzaman, another resident.
It takes two to three days to get a truck of water. “I received one truck of water today although I had applied for it three days ago,” he said.
Over 50 jars of water were being provided every day, and the demand had increased in the last one week, said Masud, who sells water in rickshaw-vans to different houses.
Amirul Islam, a resident of the area, said he had to purchase 10 jars of water to meet his family's daily need. “I have to spend Tk 600 a day for this,” he said.
Yesmin Habib, another resident, said they bought water to drink and fetched water through buckets from reservoir to use it for household chores.
A Wasa official said the absence of a water pump in the area led to the crisis.
“We've already requested locals and public representatives to provide land on which the pump can be set up,” he said, adding the official process was going on.
Wasa Managing Director Taqsem A Khan said they were also thinking of setting up a pump in an adjacent area to meet the demand.
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