The plant being built by Desolenator in the Sundarbans delta in West Bengal state will start operating next year. It will sell clean water at a subsidised rate and hire more than a dozen women in Pathar Pratima, a company official said. "Solar-powered desalination technology is sustainable and suitable for communities experiencing brackish water or heavily contaminated water even in off-grid, remote and challenging environments," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The task of fetching drinking water often falls to women, who may have to travel long distances and also bear the brunt of illnesses from contaminated water, he noted. "The plant will not only solve the problem of contaminated water, but also provide jobs for women and increase the community's resilience in an area that is facing major climate change impacts," he added.

Source: bd News24 November 26, 2020 10:52 UTC