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Water Supply and Sewerage Authority or WASA is the main body administering Water supply, Drainage and Sanitation system in Bangladesh. [1] It was established in the year 1963 as an independent organization, under the East Pakistan ordinance XIX. At present WASA operates according to the WASA act 1996. [2]
Dhaka WASA was established in 1963 as an independent agency with the responsibility to supply water and sewage disposal to Dhaka. It also became responsible of water and sewage Narayanganj in 1990. In 1996, it became an autonomous for-profit body with the passage of WASA Act. [ 3 ]
The Government agencies in Bangladesh are state controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Bangladesh.The Government Ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to control agencies by policy decisions.
Term of office Political party Ministry Head of government From To Period Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives 1 Abdus Salam Talukder (1936–1999) MP for Jamalpur-4: 20 March 1991 30 March 1996 5 years, 10 days: Bangladesh Nationalist Party: Khaleda I: Khaleda Zia: C1 Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed (1932–2003) Adviser: 31 ...
The utility in charge of water and sanitation in Dhaka, Dhaka WASA, addresses these challenges with a number of measures. [ 1 ] Dhaka WASA said in 2011 that it achieved a continuous water supply 24 hours per day 7 days a week, an increase in revenues so that operating costs are more than covered, and a reduction of water losses from 53% in 2003 ...
Manjur Ahmed Chowdhury, chairman of the National River Conservation Commission, called for the jailing of Atiqul Islam, mayor of North Dhaka City, and Taqsem A Khan for failing in their duties to protect rivers. [10] [11] On 14 August 2024, Taqsem A Khan resigned from his position as the managing director of Dhaka WASA.
The Water And Sanitation Agency (WASA) is chaired [2] by the Managing Director (MD), currently WASA Lahore headed by Mr Ghufran Ahmed, he has over 30 years of experience in Operations, Public Health, Engineering & Management, and further assisted by three Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs) that are DMD (F&R) Finance, Administration and Revenue, DMD (O&M) Operation & Maintenance, and DMD (E ...
By the time Abedin resigned from his post, Dhaka Wasa's revenue went up by almost 300% and for the first time in the history of Dhaka Wasa, it was a profitable organisation. There were many complaints that there wasn't sufficient water to fulfill the basic demands of the public of Dhaka so Abedin devised a plan to construct another water ...