Ctg WASA lays foundation stone of 16-yr-old project

Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authorities (CWASA) yesterday laid the foundation stone of the project of Modunaghat Water Treatment Plant under the project of Chittagong Water Supply Improvement & Sanitation Project (CWISP) that was supposed to start 16 years back.
Syed Ashraful Islam, minister for local government, rural development and cooperative (LGRD), laid the foundation of the project yesterday aiming to supply 90 million litres of water per day (MLD) to Chittagong city residents.
The project will be implemented with the financial assistance of World Bank. The deadline for completion of the project work has been fixed as August 16, 2017.
The project was initiated at first in 1999 with a view to supplying 45 million litres of water per day (MLD) to the city dwellers, which was financed by the Italian government.
To launch the project Bangladesh Government (GoB) also spent some Tk 6 crore and appointed Italian Termo Mechanic Ecology (TME) as the contractor.
The project was suspended in 2009 as the CWASA faced difficultly accruing land and later the Italian government took back their donated money.
However, the CWASA renamed the project in 2010 as Modunaghat
Water Supply Project to CWISP and submitted a new Development Project Proposal (DPP).
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on January 1, 2011 approved the CWISP at a cost of Tk1078.46 crore aiming at supplying 90 million litres of water per day (MLD).
The CWASA recommended a contractor named Taeyoungs Engineering and Construction Company Limited, a Korean company for the project, in September 26, 2014 in their 19th board meeting held in Cox’s Bazar.
At the meeting at Chittagong Institution of Engineers, Sayed Ashraful Islam said day by day the sources of drinking water have been destroyed.  
“To set up water treatment plant is very much costly. In future, it will not be possible for Bangladesh government to set up water treatment plant due to huge cost,” added Ashraf.
“We have to create mass awareness as anyone will not destroy the sources of water. We have to recover the sources of drinking water which have already been destroyed,” added Ashraf.
“Don’t waste the water; you have to take it seriously. No compromise for the water. It has to be absolutely pure,” also said Ashraf.
With AKM Fazullah, managing director, CWASA, in the char, the meeting was addressed, among others, by Abdul Malek, secretary, ministry of LGRD, Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, Housing and Public Works Minister, ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, president of Chittagong city unit Awami League, Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed, state minister of land, AJM Nasir UIddin, mayor, Chittagong City Corporation, Abdus Salam, president of Awami League (AL) north district and Mofizur Rahman, secretary, south district Awami League, John Young, vice president of Taeyoungs Engineering and Construction Company Limited.

Ctg WASA lays foundation stone of 16-yr-old project

Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authorities (CWASA) yesterday laid the foundation stone of the project of Modunaghat Water Treatment Plant under the project of Chittagong Water Supply Improvement Sanitation Project (CWISP) that was supposed to start 16 years back. Syed Ashraful Islam, minister for local government, rural development and cooperative (LGRD), laid the foundation of the project yesterday aiming to supply 90 million litres of water per day (MLD) to Chittagong city residents. The project will be implemented with the financial assistance of World Bank. The deadline for completion of the project work has been fixed as August 16, 2017. The project was initiated at first in 1999 with a view to supplying 45 million litres of water per day (MLD) to the city dwellers, which was financed by the Italian government. To launch the project Bangladesh Government (GoB) also spent some Tk 6 crore and appointed Italian Termo Mechanic Ecology (TME) as the contractor. The project was suspended in 2009 as the CWASA faced difficultly accruing land and later the Italian government took back their donated money. However, the CWASA renamed the project in 2010 as Modunaghat Water Supply Project to CWISP and submitted a new Development Project Proposal (DPP). The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on January 1, 2011 approved the CWISP at a cost of Tk1078.46 crore aiming at supplying 90 million litres of water per day (MLD). The CWASA recommended a contractor named Taeyoungs Engineering and Construction Company Limited, a Korean company for the project, in September 26, 2014 in their 19th board meeting held in Coxs Bazar. At the meeting at Chittagong Institution of Engineers, Sayed Ashraful Islam said day by day the sources of drinking water have been destroyed. To set up water treatment plant is very much costly. In future, it will not be possible for Bangladesh government to set up water treatment plant due to huge cost, added Ashraf. We have to create mass awareness as anyone will not destroy the sources of water. We have to recover the sources of drinking water which have already been destroyed, added Ashraf. Dont waste the water; you have to take it seriously. No compromise for the water. It has to be absolutely pure, also said Ashraf. With AKM Fazullah, managing director, CWASA, in the char, the meeting was addressed, among others, by Abdul Malek, secretary, ministry of LGRD, Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, Housing and Public Works Minister, ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, president of Chittagong city unit Awami League, Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed, state minister of land, AJM Nasir UIddin, mayor, Chittagong City Corporation, Abdus Salam, president of Awami League (AL) north district and Mofizur Rahman, secretary, south district Awami League, John Young, vice president of Taeyoungs Engineering and Construction Company Limited.