Abdur Rahman Ishan, Netrakona representative:
There is a shortage of clean drinking water in Kalmakanda and Durgapur upazilas of Netrakona and women and children of this remote hilly area are forced to collect water from ponds, drains and wells.
Due to this, the people of this neglected town are at risk of health.
This crisis of water in the dry season in Kalmakanda and Durgapur upazilas of Netrakona is old.
But this time the crisis has been worsened in every house in the past, there is a cry for pure food water.
Their hope is that the muddy water of the Pahai canals or the shallow wells made of three wheels under the hills is the only way.
Among the eight unions in Kalmakanda, Langura, Kharnai and Rangchati are in Pahai villages in the villages that are disrupting daily life due to lack of water.
These areas are mainly inhabited by the people of the Garo and Hajong communities, which are 35 to 40 villages where there is a water shortage. Women are collecting water from a distance in their lap or head urchin, while one village is also bathing in the village.
Meanwhile, in Durgapur, many people have to collect water in Bhavanipur, Barmari, Bijpur, Pachakhnita, several villages and deep tube wells for water.
Locals said, "We have this water problem from the beginning of time. We have been very hard to collect water and drink this water again. We are always at health risk. We are always at risk of health. We are asking our government to get this system so that we can drink clean water, then we will be eternally grateful to the government."
Mohammad Moshiur Rahman, Executive Engineer of the District Public Health Engineering Directorate, said that the project of setting up a deep tube well for 10 bakers for clean drinking water in Kalmakanda and Durgapur upazilas has been underway.
