Probaho to establish safe water plants for marginal people in Satkhira

Probaho, an organisation that works for ensuring safe water in Bangladesh, will establish multiple water purification plants for marginalized communities in Satkhira.

The organisation has taken the initiatives in line with the government's initiative to secure access to safe drinking water in remote places, it said in a statement on the occasion of World Water Day today.

It said regrettably, the nation's salinity-prone coastal districts, particularly Satkhira, face extreme water scarcity. Stepping into its 13th year, Probaho plans to establish multiple water purification plants for marginalized communities, which will primarily serve the coastal region's need for pure water, Probaho said.

Probaho has been distributing purified water in arsenic-prone areas for more than a decade, including Saint Martin's Island, Rajshahi, and the hilly areas of Bandarban.

It has already installed 111 water purification plants in 21 districts of Bangladesh during the past 12 years.

Probaho has met the daily water needs of approximately 273,000 people by supplying 565,000 litres of pure water, according to the statement.