Khulna Wasa begins journey
Tk 7 crore govt allocation for current fiscal year
The government has allocated Tk 7 crore to Khulna Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) for the fiscal year 2008-09.
Khulna Wasa, which was a long-felt desire of the residents of the metropolitan city, yesterday started its function independently.
A total of 130 permanent officials and employees of the water works department of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and 128 workers on master role basis of the department have been moved to the Wasa by an official order of the local government ministry.
The water works department of KCC also ceased to exist yesterday. Wasa is functioning in the same building as its office where the KCC department had been working for so long.
Wasa sources said Shahidur Rahman Prodhan, who was the deputy managing director of Dhaka Wasa, joined the Khulna Wasa as its managing director (MD).
The newly appointed MD told this correspondent that he has already started functioning independently with commitment to serve the people with utmost sincerity.
He hoped that the organogram of Khulna Wasa will be finalised within a week.
“I have already received an allocation of Tk 7 crore from the government for salaries of the officials and employees and also for equipping the new office with necessary articles, including computers,” the MD added.
Executive engineer of Khulna WASA said 50 lakh gallons of water would be supplied to the city every day through pipeline from Phultala upazila, adding that the city needs three crore gallons of water a day.
He further said the construction of a water treatment plant at a cost of Tk 40 crore would be completed by June next year to meet the growing water crisis in the city.
At present, there are sixty production tubewells in the city while 20 more tubewells are being installed, he added.
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