Smelly Wasa water
I am a resident of Shantinagar/Nayapaltan locality of Dhaka city. For over a month or more, we have been experiencing the worst kind of water quality supplied by Dhaka WASA; the stench and sewer-like smell make it impossible to drink and all kinds of boiling or filtering would fail to get rid of the stench. Food prepared with the water itself becomes smelly. I am not sure of the risk of health hazard as it was not tested but if bad smell is any indication of health risk, this water would score a perfect 10 in that scale.
Now, Mr. Rashed Khan Menon is the honourable representative to parliament from our locality and I don't know how to reach him. I hope this letter (through you) catches his attention, even if the smell (in water) had failed to do so by now. The honourable MP is a seasoned politician and activist and I have seen him take quite a vocal stand in the current session of parliament while congratulating the speaker or the victory of the 14-party alliance.
We hope he would show the same tenacity and persistence in this issue of drinking water and bring us a solution.
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