Mirza Fakhrul frustrates over WASA water
Local Government Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed dissatisfaction over the growing crisis of safe water across the country including the capital and over the quality of WASA water.
He said that ensuring the availability of safe water must be given the highest priority in guaranteeing civic services. He spoke of measures to free the country’s rivers from pollution.
He expressed this dissatisfaction at a discussion meeting at the Department of Public Health Engineering in Kakrail, Dhaka on Tuesday. The discussion meeting was organized on the occasion of World Water Day.
Recalling the complaints of ordinary people regarding the quality of WASA water at the discussion meeting, the Minister said, “When I hear negative things about the quality of WASA water, it causes me great distress.”
In this context, he brought up his experience in the National Parliament and mentioned that even the Chief Whip had complained to him about the quality of water in Parliament.
Mirza Fakhrul said, “It causes me great distress when I hear that WASA water is bad. The other day the Chief Whip said that the water in Parliament is undrinkable.”
He stated clearly that ensuring safe water is the biggest challenge facing Dhaka city at the present time. Everyone must think anew about these matters in order to save Bangladesh.
The Minister further said, “There is no alternative to taking effective measures to save the country’s rivers from pollution. We have to fix these issues and we ourselves have to bring about the change. The expensive cars we ride in are all funded by the people’s tax money.
Therefore, solving the problems of the people should be given priority.”
Addressing government officials, the Minister said that state facilities and expensive vehicles are all sourced from the people’s tax money.
Therefore, solving the problems of the people and ensuring their fundamental rights should be the primary goal of the government.
Identifying the lack of safe water as a global problem, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, “There is a cry for safe water all over the world. In many countries, conflicts and disputes are arising over water.”
He further warned that signs are becoming increasingly clear that the world’s next great war may revolve around the crisis of safe water.
The Local Government Minister has emphasized the need for fundamental change in water management. He has called for taking the responsibility of bringing about change upon their own shoulders and tackling future crises by protecting rivers and ensuring safe water.
