Dhaka Wasa
Cleanse Dhaka Wasa of corruption
Government must take proper action after embezzlement of Tk 332 crore
A milestone in sewage treatment
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate the recently completed modern and environment-friendly Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) in Dhaka today, the largest of its kind in South Asia.
Is Dhaka Wasa personal property after all?
What reasons do we have to believe that Wasa is anything but the MD’s personal property?
Govt appoints chairman of Dhaka Wasa
The government appointed Sujit Kumar Bala as the new chairman of Dhaka Wasa on Sunday and he would be taking up the role of Gholam Mostofa whose tenure expired six months ago.
Wasa ‘personal property’ of Taqsem
Dhaka Wasa board Chairman Gholam Mostofa has said the orgnisation has become a “personal property” of its managing director, Taqsem A Khan.
A Wasa shake-up is the need of the hour
Government must investigate its chairman’s allegations against MD Taqsem
‘Taqsem has turned Wasa into a den of corruption’
Dhaka Wasa Managing Director Taqsem A Khan has turned the state-run agency into “a den of corruption”, according to an allegation made by Dhaka Wasa Chairman Gholam Mostafa.
Stop polluting waters with untreated sewage
Dhaka Wasa’s continued failure to prevent this is inexcusable
Is Dhaka Wasa beyond accountability?
How can Wasa MD appoint people ignoring its organogram?
WASA Supply in Capital: 16pc water not clean
A month after boasting about its water quality, Dhaka Wasa yesterday revealed that its water is polluted in 57 city areas because of broken-down supply lines. The official water supplier in the city made the admission in a report submitted before the High Court.
JS body recommends to split Dhaka Wasa into two
Amid widespread outcry over safe water, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Estimate recommends to split the Dhaka Wasa into two parts to ensure supply of safe and drinkable water for the city dwellers.
Wasa water polluted in 57 areas of Dhaka
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) has submitted a report to the High Court saying that water supplied by Wasa to 57 areas of its 10 zones are polluted.
HC annoyed at failure to test Wasa water
The High Court yesterday expressed dissatisfaction at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) for not complying with its order to examine the quality of water supplied by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) through a committee.
Tell us where Wasa water highly unsafe
The High Court yesterday asked a writ petitioner to inform the court by May 13 about the areas where water supplied by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority is highly contaminated and unsafe. Supreme Court lawyer and writ petitioner Tanvir Ahmed
Poor quality water draws resentment
Water Supply and Sewerage Authority must shoulder the responsibility for supplying polluted water to city dwellers, a platform of people living in the capital’s Jurain, Shyampur and Kadamtali areas said yesterday at a mass hearing.
Unclean Water: N’ganj Wasa officials get an earful from locals
Dhaka Wasa’s Narayanganj Mods Zone Executive Engineer Mir Abul Hashem claimed that Wasa supplies safe drinking water, but activists from “Amra Narayanganjbashi” and “Wasa Hotao Sangram Committee” disagree, saying that “the engineer himself drinks bottled water, as is evident from the bottles kept beside his desk.”
‘Supply water looks like sewage’
Jakir Hossain, a resident of Shahjalalbagh of South Dania, has been worried about his four-and-half-year-old daughter who contracted typhoid several months back.
Wasa officials misbehaved with my family
Jurain resident Mizanur Rahman, who came under the spotlight following a unique protest against murky Wasa water on Tuesday, alleged that Wasa officials misbehaved with his family members when they went to his residence to collect water samples yesterday.
‘Wasa water gets polluted in pipeline’
Authorities at state-run water supply company Wasa say that its supply water gets polluted in the pipelines before reaching the consumer level.
