The Chittagong Wasa has been supplying only 40 percent water out of the total demand, while the system loss of Dhaka Wasa is now 38.78 percent, LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam informed the House yesterday.
Replying to separate questions from treasury bench members Apu Ukil and Begum Mahzabeen Morshed, he said efforts for increasing revenue of Dhaka Wasa by bringing down system loss at logical level are going on.
Besides, he said, a taskforce has been constituted to issue the bills of Dhaka Wasa and strengthen the bill realising activities.
"Considering the sufferings of the subscribers, online billing system has been introduced to ensure transparency and bring dynamism in billing system," he said.
Ashraful said the Dhaka Wasa has undertaken measures to fix the number of subscribers side by side with replacing old pipelines.
To turn Dhaka Wasa into service-oriented organisation, he said, its revenue zones of 3,4 and 5 have been given on lease on contract basis.
Ashraful said the Chittagong Wasa has been implementing a number of projects to solve the water crisis in the port city. "The existing water crisis in Chittagong city will be solved to a great extent if the projects are implemented," he said.
The projects, he said, include the Karnaphuli Water Supply Project (Phase-I) having capacity of 136 Million Litres Per Day (MLD) with the financial assistance of the government and JICA,
Madunghat Water Supply Project having capacity of 90 MLD with the financial assistance of the government and World Bank and Mohra Water Supply Project (Phase-II) having capacity of 90 MLD.
Besides, he said, the Chittagong Wasa has a plan to undertake a project titled “Bhandarjuri Water Supply Project” with 100 MLD on the left bank of the Karnaphuli river.