HUMAN EXCRETA MANAGEMENT

Govt to prepare regulatory framework

The government is set to prepare a regulatory framework for human excreta management by the current year as it appeared to be a major issue of environmental pollution despite massive sanitation campaign, reports BSS.
“A regulatory framework is expected to be formulated by the current year for human waste management,” said an official statement which was read out at a consultative meeting at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).
It, however, added that the Public health Engineering Department (DPHE) by now installed 13 human excreta management centres in 13 districts as it appeared to be a major cause pollution of rivers and other water bodies.
Local Government Division secretary Abdul Malek, BUET Vice Chancellor Professor Khaleda Ekram and faculties Professor M Mujibur Rahman and Dr M Ashraf Ali, among others, joined the meeting chaired by Project Director of Policy Support Unit Kazi Abdul Nur.
The meeting noted with concerns that unplanned human waste management and unregulated discharge of excreta both in urban and rural areas still caused water pollution posing a major threat to public health, particularly creating ground for water-borne diseases.

HUMAN EXCRETA MANAGEMENT

Govt to prepare regulatory framework

The government is set to prepare a regulatory framework for human excreta management by the current year as it appeared to be a major issue of environmental pollution despite massive sanitation campaign, reports BSS. A regulatory framework is expected to be formulated by the current year for human waste management, said an official statement which was read out at a consultative meeting at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). It, however, added that the Public health Engineering Department (DPHE) by now installed 13 human excreta management centres in 13 districts as it appeared to be a major cause pollution of rivers and other water bodies. Local Government Division secretary Abdul Malek, BUET Vice Chancellor Professor Khaleda Ekram and faculties Professor M Mujibur Rahman and Dr M Ashraf Ali, among others, joined the meeting chaired by Project Director of Policy Support Unit Kazi Abdul Nur. The meeting noted with concerns that unplanned human waste management and unregulated discharge of excreta both in urban and rural areas still caused water pollution posing a major threat to public health, particularly creating ground for water-borne diseases.