Three women and some children sitting in the shade of a water purifying plant in Deluti union of Khulna’s Paikgacha upazila. They are waiting to buy purified water at 40 paisa per litre. A recent study found that 73 percent of the people living in five coastal upazilas -- Koyra, Dacope, Paikgachha of Khulna and Assasuni and Shyamnagar of Satkhira -- have to drink unsafe saline water. Photo: Dipankar Roy
A man splashes water on his face at Mohammadpur’s Tikkapara in the capital after a Wasa water tanker arrived there yesterday. Locals have been without supply water there for a week. Each tanker full of water costs Tk 500. Photo: Rashed Shumon
An air-conditioner mechanic stands on a narrow window ledge to fix the appliance, with no safety harness. As summer is in full gear, such mechanics can be seen in precarious positions in the coming days, neglecting safety equipment. This photo was taken yesterday from Dhaka University area. Photo: Palash Khan
A large hole was created in the middle of the road in the capital’s Bangshal about two weeks ago, allegedly due to development work carried out by Dhaka Wasa. However, there has been no initiative to fix the road, and the stick that locals put there to warn oncoming vehicles does little to prevent accidents from occurring every now and then. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Prabir Das
