Disconnect water connection of buildings dumping sewerage waste into Buriganga: HC to Wasa
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The High Court today directed Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) to disconnect the water supply of those buildings dumping sewerage waste into Buriganga river within the next six months.
Besides, the court heavily rebuked Managing Director of Dhaka Wasa Taqsem A Khan for supplying water to buildings which have no sewerage lines.
There is no provision under the Wasa Act, 1996 and the Wasa Rules, 2011 for giving water supply to structures which have no sewerage lines and septic tanks, but Wasa has given them connections in violation of the law and rules, the HC said.
Managing Dhaka’s 26 Canals, Box Culverts : Charge goes to two city corporations
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The capital s city corporations yesterday formally took over the management and maintenance responsibilities of 26 canals and 10 kilometres of box culverts from Dhaka Wasa, raising hope that the city s long-standing waterlogging problem would be solved.
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) had been responsible for the 26 canals (84.5km) and the 10 box culverts (around 10km) since 1988. It also looks after 385km of storm water drainage.
The DNCC and DSCC have been managing 2,200km of pipe and surface drains.
Chief Executive Officer ABM Amin Ullah Nuri of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), his Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) counterpart Md Selim Reza, and Managing Director of Dhaka Wasa Taqsem A Khan signed an MoU on behalf of their organisations at a city hotel yesterday.