A bottle of Mukta Drinking Water CollectedThe government’s official drinking water is now going nationwideAt a water-bottling factory in Tongi, on the outskirts of Dhaka, 75 out of the 81 employees are disabled. The water, marketed as Mukta, is a product of the state-owned factory where people with physical impairments are provided with vocational training. All profits from Mukta are spent on staff salaries and the welfare of disabled people across the nation. Mukta is bottled at a plant owned by Maitri Shilpa and run by the Sharirik Pratibandhi Surakkha Trust (SPST) — a trust for physically-challenged persons under the Ministry of Social Welfare. It is then bottled in seven sizes of bottles, with the capacity of: 250ml, 300ml, 500ml, 1.5 litres, 2 litres, 5 litres, and a jar containing 20 litres.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 01, 2019 05:03 UTC