Some chose boats to fetch water while some go on footCollected/UNBPeople, mostly women, are struggling to fetch drinking water from faraway placesBack-to-back floods in Sunamganj have contaminated hundreds of tube-wells in the low-lying areas, triggering a massive drinking water shortage and causing water-borne diseases. The situation is forcing people to travel miles to collect pure water. People in Sadar, Jamalganj, Tahirpur, Bishambharpur, Dharmapasha, Derai and Shalla upazilas have been facing a severe shortage of pure drinking water, it said. In Fatehpur, Khalachanpur in Bishambharpur upazila, Gourarang, Ahmedabad, Niamatpur, Manmaterchar in Sadar upazila, people mostly women are struggling to collect drinking water from faraway places. Some chose boats to fetch water while some go on foot.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 28, 2020 07:52 UTC