A project titled Equitable and Sustainable WASH Services in Bangladesh Delta Plan Hotspots 2022 – 2026 was launched on Wednesday to ensure pure water and sanitation for over 10 lakh people from four climate hotspots of Bangladesh.
People from 45 upazilas under 14 districts would be benefitted from the project.
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The project will be jointly implemented by BRAC and IRC Netherlands while the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands will provide financial support, said a press release issued on Wednesday by BRAC.
A book titled BRAC’s Journey Towards Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene: Transformation of a Society, authored by Md Akramul Islam and Milon Kanti Barua was launched at the inaugural event.
Md Akramul Islam, also BRAC’s senior director of water, sanitation and hygiene said that BRAC’s WASH programme focused on four areas — Southern region of Bangladesh particularly coastal region, Barind Tract, Flash flood and Haor areas.
Speaking as the chief guest, Md Khairul Islam, local government division’s additional secretary for water supply wing said, ‘Bangladesh is coping with the challenges of climate change and global warming in protecting the environment.’
BRAC’s executive director Asif Saleh said, ‘Water will be the next scarcity and if we don’t plan and act now, there will be a severe water crisis.’
Since 2006, various project interventions by the BRAC WASH programme have helped 44.20 million people gain access to hygienic sanitation and about three million individuals gain access to clean drinking water.
