waterlogging
Ctg Govt Teachers’ Training College / Year-long waterlogging, endless misery
If one visits Government Teachers’ Training College in Chawk Bazar area, they will notice a field inundated by water, entrances and ground floors of male and female hostels submerged, and hyacinths growing everywhere on the waterlogged premises.
Recent floods lay bare our vulnerabilities
Authorities must implement climate-resilient policies
Why is Chattogram drowning?
End the blame game and address the port city's chronic waterlogging problem
Waterlogging in Chattogram worsening by the day
Unloading of goods from larger vessels at the outer anchorage of Chattogram Port remains suspended due to rough seas since Friday, while trade at the Khatunganj-Chaktai wholesale hub has dropped significantly.
Ponds in Dhaka City: Crucial in tackling fire incidents, yet not protected
In every fire incident, water bodies, especially ponds, can play an important role in putting out the flames. And yet there is no proper initiative to protect ponds in Dhaka.
Why is dengue becoming such a serious public health threat?
The spread of dengue across the country requires better public health preparedness
The gaps in DAP: How to avoid urban flooding in Dhaka
The regulations that DAP recommends can initiate a spree of development in the floodplains and agricultural lands surrounding central Dhaka, posing a serious threat of urban flooding.
Can the new Detailed Area Plan cure Dhaka of its ills?
Only if Rajuk has the will and organisational capacity
Most city drains clogged in M’singh
Waterlogging has become a seemingly never-ending problem for the residents of Mymensingh due to poor waste management.
Embankment protection dam at estuary of 3 rivers breached in Sylhet
Water level in the Surma and Kushiyara rivers receding at four points provided some relief to people in flood affected areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj but they are afraid of more rain and long-term waterlogging.
East Jurain: Saga of a manmade mess
Ward 53 of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) covers most parts of East Jurain’s Muradpur area. According to the 2011 census, more than 27,000 people live in this ward which, according to them, has become probably the worst place to live in Dhaka.
Poor Service, Waterlogging: JS body blasts Wasa boss for utility’s failure
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) Managing Director Taqsem A Khan yesterday came under fire by a parliamentary body for his failure in providing safe drinking water to citizens, dealing with the waterlogging problem and allegations of widespread corruption against DWASA officials.
Waterlogging in Port City: Intensifying, not improving
The Chattogram Development Authority has been filling up vast swaths of low-lying land, designated as water reservoirs, in the name of building residential areas.
Heavy rain disrupts life in capital
Heavy rain turned many parts of the capital into swamps yesterday, paralysing normal life and creating a traffic chaos.
Port city dwellers suffer due to waterlogging
Most of the areas in the port city of Chattogram go under knee-to-waist deep water due to incessant downpour since Sunday night causing immense sufferings for the city dwellers.
Solving our waterlogging woes
Iqbal Habib, Member Secretary, Urbanisation & Governance Programme, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa), talks to Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star about why lack of coordination among the agencies concerned is the main barrier to solving Dhaka's waterlogging problem and how this issue should be addressed.
A lesson not learnt
Dhaka would not be deluged in 2018. This was the promise the local government minister made last year. But his words did not translate into action.
Quizzical rise in Ctg land price
The cost of digging a new canal in Chittagong city has quadrupled in three years due to delay in getting the funds in full for the project deemed critical for alleviating the city's waterlogging problem.
Drainage disaster on the cards
It has been a work in progress in different wards of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to alleviate public sufferings mainly from the deluge during rainy season and its after-effect that causes severe damage to main thoroughfares as well as narrow lanes.
