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Present Situation of Water Supply and Sanitation at Karail Slum Dhaka

M. S. Islam
Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka-1000

A. M. Anannya
Department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University

M. S. Rahman
Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management

M. M. Rahman
Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The populations of the slums are increasing day by day at an alarming rate due to the urbanization of the country. The living condition in the slum area is very low. Generally slums are lacking from access to safe water, drainage and sanitation facilities and basic health care facilities. The study has been carried out to assess the present conditions of the water supply and sanitation of the Karail slum of Dhaka city. The research work was carried out by using Participatory Rural Appraisal tools including Focus Group Discussion, Key Informant Interview and Household Survey. Poor physical environment with non-existent solid waste disposal system is very common phenomenon in Surveyed slum. Most of the people of the slum live under unhygienic environment. However, the level of hygiene knowledge and practice has been found to be significantly low among the Karail slum dwellers. The study in Karail area of Dhaka city has found that the sanitary and water supply conditions are improving very slowly. Comprehensive and sustained wastewater management in combination with sanitation and hygiene is central to good health, food security, and economic development for the slum people.

Keywords: Hygiene, Solid waste, Slum, Water borne diseases, Water quality

Location: Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka-

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Program Area: Crop-Soil-Water Management

Commodity: Water quality

Objectives:

The main objective of the research work was to assessing the situation of water supply and sanitation of the Karail slum area.

Methodology:

The methodology of this survey consists of practical field observation and field based data collection of water supply and sanitation situation through Participatory Rural Appraisal tools and semi structured questionnaire survey. The relevant secondary data for this study was collected from published and unpublished sources. Study area There are around 4,000 slums found in Dhaka. Karail slum is one of the biggest slums of Dhaka city. Karail slum was selected for the study due to having huge population in the slum. The study was conducted to assess the environmental conditions of the slums including water supply, sanitation etc. For conducting the study the Participatory Rural Appraisal tools and questionnaire survey were used. The Participatory Rural Appraisal tools include Focus Group Discussion, Individual Interview and Key Informant Interview. Social Mapping and Resource Mapping was also developed during the study by the participants to assess the resources of the area. Social and resource mapping A social and resource map of Karail slum is prepared. For preparing social and resource map of the area, a focus group discussion has been made. At first a focus group of 8-10 persons is formulated. They were provided with art paper and sign pen to draw the outline of their community. They showed the important social institutions and resources like school, mosque, water body, tube well, open spaces etc. Focus group discussion and individual interview A detailed focus group discussion was conducted to get the information from a homogenous group of people. Two focus group discussion containing 10- 12 people were conducted for the study in the slum area. One group was the women group and another group was the male group. Several individual interview and key informant interview was conducted to get quantitative data and to verify the data with date gathered by the FGD.

Source of Information: J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 8(1): 161-163, 2015 ISSN 1999-7361

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Achievement/Findings:

According to the local people, they have adequate access of water. They have no objection about the quantity of water but they have raised objection about the quality of water especially about the odor and color problem. The overall sanitation scenario of the area is also good enough. Some people have claimed about several water related diseases due to poor water quality. Therefore, ensuring quality water is the foremost agenda for the people of Karail slum area. The solid waste are being open dumped due to the overall environment is becoming bad day to day. The sanitation scenario is not good enough as well. People are mostly ignored mostly about the importance of hygienic condition. So for maintaining average standard of living proper water supply and sanitation can play a key role.

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