Modernising urban sanitation in Southern Bangladesh
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Social
With funding support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK Department for International Development (DFID), SNV Bangladesh and Khulna City Corporation (KCC) proudly launched the "Demonstration of pro-poor market- based solutions for faecal sludge management in urban centres of Southern Bangladesh" project on March 31, 2014.
The Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Mr. Narayan Chandra Chanda inaugurated the project at a ceremony at Hotel City Inn while the programme was chaired by Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Honourable Mayor, Khulna City Corporation (KCC).
The need for this project arises from the recent challenges posed by other sanitation and hygiene milestones, namely the fact that fixed-place defecation has created the need for faecal sludge manadement in the country. Of Bangladesh's 30 million urban inhabitants, about 42% have improved sanitation, but this largely pertains to latrines or septic tanks only.
In Bangladesh most human waste is dumped untreated into waterways or onto marginal land, harming the livelihoods and health of the country's poorest. Sludge gets dumped into open drains, marginal land and water bodies like rivers that then suffering losses in fishing resources. Currently Khulna has no designated dumping sites or treatment facilities for faecal sludge.
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