RAJSHAHI, Dec 11, 2019 (BSS)- Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (RWASA) has persistently been working with the vision of establishing a sustainable and smart water management system through ensuring transparency, accountability, integrity and participation of all stakeholders .
RWASA Managing Director Sultan Abdul Hamid revealed this while presiding over the opening session of a daylong introductory workshop styled “Integrating in Water Sanitation and Hygiene (In WASH) Services” at s city hotel today.
RWASA, Water Integrity Network (WIN), Centre of Entrepreneurship Water and
Sanitation (CEWAS) and NGO Forum for Public Health jointly organized the
workshop with the main thrust of familiarising the participants with the
InWASH process and its components.
RWASA Deputy Managing Directors Amirul Islam and Tuhinur Alam, Network and
Communication Officer of WIN Germany Tasneem Balasinorwala, Project Manager
of CEWAS Switzerland Celia Schmidt, Project Focal Person of NGO Forum Kazi
Monir Mosharof and its Integrity Management Coach Nazrul Haque and Regional
Manager Rabiul Haque addressed the opening ceremony.
Development of a common vision and objectives for the In WASH process
along with providing guidance on data collection and planning of the next
steps were the allied objectives of the workshop.
Sultan Hamid told the meeting that the RWASA will ensure friendly customer
services besides promoting sustainable environment friendly water management
system and smart efficient office management in near future.
He said improving efficiency, applying effective technology and reduce the
water generation cost are missions of the public utility service organization
and it’s now in a position of implementing the projects in proper time”.
“So far, we have brought 73.28 percent of Rajshahi city’s total 5.52 lakh
population under the water supply coverage,” said Sultan Hamid.
RWASA sources said, currently, 7.78-crore litres of water are being
extracted through 96 deep tube wells in all 30 wards under Rajshahi City
Corporation daily against the total demand of 11.33 crore litres.
Besides, the RWASA is going to implement a mega project aiming at supplying
safe drinking water for the city dwellers under a project titled “RWASA
Surface water Treatment” that will be implemented with an estimated cost of
Taka 4,150 crore to remove the existing water supply related problems.
Under the project, 26.5-kilometer main pipelines, 48-kilometer primary and
secondary pipelines would be installed for ensuring a strong water supply
network.
Taking part in three separate group discussions, RWASA engineers and
officials concerned put forward a set of recommendations on how to attain all
objectives of the workshop .