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At present, a thousand liters of water in Dhaka must be billed at 14 Tk. If the new plan is implemented, just as the price per unit varies according to the difference in use in the case of electricity bills, customers will have to pay higher bills for more water use, said Taksim A Khan, director manager of WASA.
It is also planned to set the price of water by zone. If this plan is implemented, middle and upper class people will have to pay relatively more for water, low income people will get water for less money.
Taksim A Khan, Managing Director of WASA, said this at a function held at WASA’s Buriganga Hall at WASA’s headquarters in Karwan Bazar on Saturday to honor low-income ‘ideal customers’.
Out of 6,463 legitimate clients in low-income areas, 25 clients were honored at the feature. The event was jointly organized by Dhaka WASA, Disaster Health Center-DSK and WaterAid Bangladesh.
On the occasion he was informed that since 2011 a large number of legal water connections have been provided in the slum areas of Dhaka.
Later, Taksim A Khan told bdnews24.com that Dhaka WASA planned to set water prices in two ways. It is a “progressive billing”, based on the RKT area.
“In progressive billing, the more water the customer consumes, the higher the bill. In area-based billing, there will be a separate water bill in those areas where elite areas, flat lands are more expensive. But it is necessary to continue debating. We will hold many seminars on these in the future. “
Speaking on the occasion, Taksim A Khan said that the water is being provided to consumers at a price much lower than the cost of production. The rest is being subsidized by the government.
“Unfortunately, the rich are receiving this subsidy, although they should not. The price of water used by low-income people will not increase, but it may not be possible to reduce it. But the price of water will go up elsewhere.”
Helaluddin Ahmed, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, said in a keynote speech that 1,000 liters of water were supplied at Tk 14 in Dhaka and Tk 12 in Chittagong.
“A thousand liters of water cost 43 rupees in Delhi, India, but the price is lower in the suburbs. Because low-income people live in the suburbs.”
According to the managing director of Dhaka WASA, in 2010 between 15 and 20 percent of people in Dhaka City did not have a legal water connection. Now almost 100% of Dhaka’s population gets water legally.
He said: “There was a time when water was supplied to the Karail slum by thugs. We have changed that situation. One hundred percent of Dhaka’s slums will be legally connected next year. “
Among others, Dhaka WASA Commercial Managing Engineer Uttam Kumar Roy, Department of Local Government (Water Supply Division) Additional Secretary Muhammad Ibrahim, Country Director of WaterAid Bangladesh Hasin Jahan, Director of DSK (Health) Dr. Mahmudur Rahman spoke.
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