Saltwater is invading the Halda River in Chattogram, which is forcing Chattogram Water and Sewerage Authority (CWasa) to keep two treatment plants closed for a certain period everyday. This environmental issue has caused a drinking water shortage, and residents in the southern part of the city are being provided with pure drinking water through rationing.
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Shuvechchha Ghosh, a resident of Chattogram’s Askar Dighir Par area, has been suffering lately due to frequent load shedding, which occurs six to seven times a day.
City dwellers of some areas are not getting the water supply they need as Chattogram Water and Sewerage Authority is in difficulty purifying river water.
At least six people, including four Rohingyas, were killed in three landslides in Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban yesterday as heavy rain continues to batter the southeastern region.