2nd phase of HSBC Water Programme begins

HSBC and WaterAid Bangladesh on Wednesday launched the second phase of HSBC Water Programme with an aim to ensure safe water and sanitation for people of remote and marginalised areas of the country.

Under the programme, pure water supply, climate resilient sanitation facilities and hygiene behaviour would be improved in five upazilas -- Gangni of Meherpur, Tahirpur of Sunamganj, Dacope and Paikgacha of Khulna and Shyamnagar of Satkhira.

The areas are suffering from climate change induced conditions and multiple disaster-related challenges. At least 173,322 people will directly benefit from this project, to be implemented in two years before ending in December 2019.

The launching was held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in Dhaka where Md Mahbub-ur Rahman, deputy CEO and country head for commercial banking at HSBC Bangladesh, and Md Khairul Islam, country director of WaterAid Bangladesh, were present.