Water crisis has gripped Gazipur District Prison as the underground water table lowered out of the reach of the facility's deep tubewell.
Prison authorities said the problem started on the night of Sep 5 and they were having to make do with the water fetched from outside.
Jailor Amzad Hossain told bdnews24.com that around 0.2 million litres of water is required daily to meet the demand of more than 50 officers and workers, and the 883 inmates there.
"We are able to supply only about half the amount of water to meet drinking and showering demands by bringing it in tankers from an adjoining pond, a milk factory and the district's police line."
Gazipur Public Works Department Deputy Assistant Engineer Mohammad Mizanur Rahman said that the prison's tubewell went only 140-feet deep.
"The water table has gone out of its range after a number of deep tubewells were set up in close proximity of the prison. It has to be made at least 350-feet deep."
Dhaka Public Works Department's Power Division engineer Mohammad Lutfol Aziz told bdnews24.com that the prison's water pump was fine and that they would be installing deeper pipes on Sunday.
Prison authorities said the problem started on the night of Sep 5 and they were having to make do with the water fetched from outside.
Jailor Amzad Hossain told bdnews24.com that around 0.2 million litres of water is required daily to meet the demand of more than 50 officers and workers, and the 883 inmates there.
"We are able to supply only about half the amount of water to meet drinking and showering demands by bringing it in tankers from an adjoining pond, a milk factory and the district's police line."
Gazipur Public Works Department Deputy Assistant Engineer Mohammad Mizanur Rahman said that the prison's tubewell went only 140-feet deep.
"The water table has gone out of its range after a number of deep tubewells were set up in close proximity of the prison. It has to be made at least 350-feet deep."
Dhaka Public Works Department's Power Division engineer Mohammad Lutfol Aziz told bdnews24.com that the prison's water pump was fine and that they would be installing deeper pipes on Sunday.
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