Adverse impact of climate change poses a serious threat

Speakers tell water and sanitation workshop

Speakers at a workshop on Wednesday said adverse impact of climate change has been posing a serious threat to the overall public health especially relating to water and sanitation in the south-western coastal areas of Bangladesh.
To face the natural catastrophe, substantial and sustainable promotion of water, sanitation and hygiene related modern technologies have become an urgent need as the vulnerable water and sanitation situation is closely associated with the climate change, they added.
The observations came at the workshop titled “Transforming rural livelihood through WASH in climate vulnerable area in Southwest Bangladesh” held at the conference room of CSS Ava centre in the city.
A Khulna based non-government organisation ‘Rupantar’ arranged the meeting in collaboration with WaterAid, Bangladesh and Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) to strengthen the capacity of and coordination between local government institutions and local development organisations so as to prepare for and respond to disasters and climate change.
Deputy Commissioner of Khulna Md Nazmul Ahsan addressed the meeting as chief guest. Director of Department of Environment (DoE), Khulna division Dr Mollik Anowar Hossain, Superintending Engineer of Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE), Khulna circle SM Wahidul Islam, Programme Manager of WaterAid Arif Abdullah Khan were present as special guests.
Executive Director of Rupantar, Swapon Kumar Guho presided over the function. He narrated the aim of proposed project on electronic projector and said this project is implementing at Dacope upazila of Khulna district. Executive director of Sundarban Academy Prof Anwarul Quadir moderated the workshop. Mayor of Chalna Pourashava Sanat Kumar Biswas, spoke on the occasion.
DC Nazmul Ahsan said that the whole water and sanitation is facing serious threat in the coastal region due to multifarious adverse reasons including arsenic intrusion, lack of underground recharging, rising of salinity, river erosion and accretion leading to water scarcity and quality problems. Increased learning on climate adaptation techniques contributing to improved national knowledge management which will be disseminated to promote greater access to water and sanitation and disaster response in areas beyond Khulna, he added.
WaterAid have been installing advanced technology such as reverse osmosis, pond-sand filter, desalination plant, piped water, deep-tube well, artificial aquifer etc at Dacope.

Adverse impact of climate change poses a serious threat

Speakers tell water and sanitation workshop

Speakers at a workshop on Wednesday said adverse impact of climate change has been posing a serious threat to the overall public health especially relating to water and sanitation in the south-western coastal areas of Bangladesh. To face the natural catastrophe, substantial and sustainable promotion of water, sanitation and hygiene related modern technologies have become an urgent need as the vulnerable water and sanitation situation is closely associated with the climate change, they added. The observations came at the workshop titled Transforming rural livelihood through WASH in climate vulnerable area in Southwest Bangladesh held at the conference room of CSS Ava centre in the city. A Khulna based non-government organisation Rupantar arranged the meeting in collaboration with WaterAid, Bangladesh and Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) to strengthen the capacity of and coordination between local government institutions and local development organisations so as to prepare for and respond to disasters and climate change. Deputy Commissioner of Khulna Md Nazmul Ahsan addressed the meeting as chief guest. Director of Department of Environment (DoE), Khulna division Dr Mollik Anowar Hossain, Superintending Engineer of Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE), Khulna circle SM Wahidul Islam, Programme Manager of WaterAid Arif Abdullah Khan were present as special guests. Executive Director of Rupantar, Swapon Kumar Guho presided over the function. He narrated the aim of proposed project on electronic projector and said this project is implementing at Dacope upazila of Khulna district. Executive director of Sundarban Academy Prof Anwarul Quadir moderated the workshop. Mayor of Chalna Pourashava Sanat Kumar Biswas, spoke on the occasion. DC Nazmul Ahsan said that the whole water and sanitation is facing serious threat in the coastal region due to multifarious adverse reasons including arsenic intrusion, lack of underground recharging, rising of salinity, river erosion and accretion leading to water scarcity and quality problems. Increased learning on climate adaptation techniques contributing to improved national knowledge management which will be disseminated to promote greater access to water and sanitation and disaster response in areas beyond Khulna, he added. WaterAid have been installing advanced technology such as reverse osmosis, pond-sand filter, desalination plant, piped water, deep-tube well, artificial aquifer etc at Dacope.