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World Bank to give 100 million dollar for safe water, sanitation in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Jul 12 (UNI) The World Bank on Friday approved 100 million dollar to increase access to improved water supply and sanitation system in selected 30 municipalities in Bangladesh as well as to help build their capacities for delivering water and sanitation services, reports from Mehrin Ahmed Mahbub Senior communication WB Dhaka office.
The Municipal Water Supply and Sanitation Project will help about 600,000 people living in small towns get safe water through piped water supply systems. In the selected 30 municipalities that currently do not have piped water systems, the project will install water infrastructures, including water treatment facility, water storage, transmission anddistribution pipe network, house connections including meters, and others.
In Bangladesh, about 87 per cent households have access to various improved water sources, but only 10 per cent people have access to piped water supply. About half of the municipalities have basic piped water systems, but they cover only a small share of population in town centers.
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