Chattogram: City Mayor Dr. Shahadat Hossain emphasized the need for proper sewage management to ensure a clean Chattogram, highlighting the importance of sanitation and waste treatment in urban management. The mayor made these remarks during a discussion meeting at the CCC’s head office at Tiger Pass, focusing on the steps required to sign a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Chattogram City Corporation (CCC), Chattogram WASA, and Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) for sewage and on-site sanitation management in the city.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the mayor stressed that to build a smart city, a modern sewage system is as crucial as road infrastructure. Proper sanitation infrastructure is necessary to reduce waterlogging, facilitate water reuse, and protect public health. In areas where sewage systems cannot be implemented through pipelines, technology-based waste collection and treatment solutions are needed.
WASA informed the meeting that a comprehensive drainage and sanitation master plan was developed for Chattogram city in 2017. This plan proposed dividing the city into 66 catchment areas and constructing a sewage treatment plant in each. Additionally, it recommended establishing two fecal sludge treatment plants for the entire city. In locations where installing sewage pipelines is not feasible, measures will be taken to mechanically treat human waste collected from septic tanks.
A study funded by the World Bank has been conducted in this regard, and WASA is working in accordance with its recommendations to improve the sewage management infrastructure.
Prominent attendees of the meeting included CCC Secretary Md. Ashraful Amin, Chief Engineer Anisur Rahman, Chief Accounting Officer Humayun Kabir, Task Team Leader Arif Ahmed, Co-Task Team Leader Harsh Goyal, Institutional Consultant Somnath Sen, WASA Chief Engineer Maqsud Alam, Supervising Engineer Mohammad Ariful Islam, and Executive Engineer Muhammad Rezaul Ahsan Chowdhury.