The government is set to install 1,000 deep tube wells and mobile water treatment plants at 11 Rohingya camps in Teknaf and Ukhiya in order to alleviate the existing water crisis and water contamination issues there. The Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) recently found the presence of E.coli bacteria in 71% of the tube wells at the refugee camps. Earlier, sources from DPHE said many foreign and local NGOs had set up hundreds of tube wells and latrines, but ignored one basic rule: maintaining a safe distance between two tube wells. Also Read- Rohingya camps on the brink of waterborne disease outbreakThe proposal asks for Tk15 crore in unexpected expenditure management funds in the current fiscal year budget allocation. A report by Unicef released on November 21 said around 62% of the water used in Rohingya camps is polluted.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 04, 2017 16:30 UTC