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‘There would be pure drinking water source within 2021’

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Published: 16:15, 15 October 2018   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
‘There would be pure drinking water source within 2021’

Secretariat Correspondent: Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain said there would be a pure water source for every 50 people within 2021.

The minister said this while inaugurating the Global Hand Wash Day 2018 at Osmani Memorial point in the city on Monday.

“At present, there is a single pure water source for every 87 people in the country and there would be a pure water source for every 50 people within 2021,” Mosharraf said as the chief guest.

 

The government led by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set an example among the development countries in ensuring safe drinking water and hygienic sanitation system, he added.

This year the theme is “Clean Hands – A recipe for health,” which focused on the links between handwashing and food- including food hygiene and nutrition.

Senior Secretary of Local Governemnt Division Dr Zafor Ahmed presided over the programme while UNICEF representative to Bangladesh Sumi Chakraborty and Chief Engineer M Saifur Rahman of Department of Public Health Engineering were present, among others.


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