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Deplorable Sanitation Conditions in Dhaka Slums: Women bear the brunt of it

Thirty-year-old Aklima Akter of Mirpur s Duaripara slum shares her tiny and slippery hanging latrine with over 80 people in her neighbourhood.
The latrine is made out of tin and installed above a waterbody. It allows feces to fall through a pipe and contaminate the water. In absence of running water and hand-washing facilities, Aklima and her neighbours depend on one wash jug (bodna) of water to clean themselves after defecation.
During menstruation, it becomes more challenging for the poorest of the poor like Aklima to wash unsanitary rags inside the tiny space with such a small amount of water.
If she goes out to collect another wash jug of water, she hears taunting words from the male neighbours. ....

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Dhaka WASA plans to introduce pay-per-use, area-based billing

Senior Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 20 Dec 2020 03:09 AM BdST
Updated: 20 Dec 2020 03:09 AM BdST
Like electricity bills, Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority or WASA plans to launch a pay-per-use billing system for water charging customers at a progressive rate.
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The utility s Managing Director Taqsem A Khan revealed the plan at an event at its headquarters in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar to honour “ideal users” on Saturday.
WASA is also planning to launch area-based billing system to enable people from low-income group to pay less than the middle-income and rich users, according to him.
All the users are paying less for water than the supply costs now. The government is subsidising the difference in costs. ....

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