The cry for water
Photo: Rashed Shumon
According to Muhammad Asadullah Khan, a columnist at The Daily Star, “if we run short of oil or other fossil fuels we can have alternative energy sources, but if we run short of pure drinking water we are doomed!" Don't Dhaka's bigwigs feel a little about the poor people… how they stand in queue for hours only to get water? I appreciate some of the moves of the government to tackle the cry for water. But, in my whole life of 14 years, whenever and wherever I have seen a water carrying truck, I have seen how the precious water percolates from the leaks. I think they do not know the phrase: 'drop by drop an ocean is made.' Talking big about the problems won't help, we should do our level best to preserve water. The biggest example of wasting water is how we keep the tap on while brushing our teeth. Water related problems are also harming rural Bangladesh. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 35 to 70 million people in Bangladesh are at risk of being exposed to unhealthy levels of arsenic. The WHO has called it “the largest mass poisoning of a population in history!” According to experts, Dhaka's water can become unfit for use within the coming decades. Experts also say if a third world war ever breaks out, it will be for water. As a teenager, I urge the people to please save some water for us.
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