BSS-03 RWASA installs 22 pumps in Rajshahi city

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RWASA installs 22 pumps in Rajshahi city

RAJSHAHI, Feb 3, 2018 (BSS)- Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage
Authority (RWASA) has been installing 22 more production pumps in the city
aiming to ensure smooth water supply to city dwellers.

The water pumps are being installed under a project titled, ‘Re-
renovation of Water Supply in Rajshahi city’ in addition to the existing 82
pumps.

RWASA managing director Sultan Abdul Hamid said 12 pumps have already
been installed in the city corporation area.

While inaugurating installation works of a pump at Mokbul Halder
crossing area in the city yesterday afternoon, he said the newly installed
pumps will benefit more than 10,000 families.

The RWASA is also implementing another project involving around Taka 34
crore to bring a qualitative change in the city’s water supply system.

Upon successful implementation of the project by this year, a sustainable
water supply system is expected to be built in the city through improvement
of both financial and manpower management capacities of the RWASA.

The government has taken the project to increase the supply of safe
water to the city dwellers, Hamid said, adding that the RWASA is supplying
water to the eight lakh city dwellers through a treatment plant and 84 pumps
through extracting groundwater.

But, he said, population of the city is increasing gradually.

A total of 20 mobile generators will be brought and 70-km (100 mm) and
45-km (150 mm) new pipelines will be set up, and 100 water flow metres will
be installed under the project.

Currently, around 57,440-square-metre water is being supplied to about
34,263 households and industrial establishments daily against the total
demand of 1.19 lakh square metre.

Hamid said the RWASA is committed to establish a safe water and sewerage
management here and it has been working sincerely to attain its goal.

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