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Strategies to Connect Low-Income Communities with the Proposed Sewerage Network of the Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project, Bangladesh: A Qualitative Assessment of the Perspectives of Stakeholders

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  • Mahbub-Ul Alam

    (Environmental Interventions Unit, Infectious Disease Division, icddr,b, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh)

  • Fazle Sharior

    (Environmental Interventions Unit, Infectious Disease Division, icddr,b, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
    Contributed equally to the first author.)

  • Sharika Ferdous

    (Environmental Interventions Unit, Infectious Disease Division, icddr,b, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh)

  • Atik Ahsan

    (Environmental Interventions Unit, Infectious Disease Division, icddr,b, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh)

  • Tanvir Ahmed

    (Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh)

  • Ayesha Afrin

    (Environmental Interventions Unit, Infectious Disease Division, icddr,b, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh)

  • Supta Sarker

    (Environmental Interventions Unit, Infectious Disease Division, icddr,b, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh)

  • Farhana Akand

    (Environmental Interventions Unit, Infectious Disease Division, icddr,b, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh)

  • Rownak Jahan Archie

    (Institute of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh)

  • Kamrul Hasan

    (Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA), Dhaka 1215, Bangladesh)

  • Rosie Renouf

    (Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), London ECV4 6AL, UK)

  • Sam Drabble

    (Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), London ECV4 6AL, UK)

  • Guy Norman

    (Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), London ECV4 6AL, UK)

  • Mahbubur Rahman

    (Environmental Interventions Unit, Infectious Disease Division, icddr,b, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh)

  • James B. Tidwell

    (Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
    World Vision Inc., Washington, DC 20002, USA)

Abstract

In Bangladesh, approximately 31% of urban residents are living without safely managed sanitation, the majority of whom are slum residents. To improve the situation, Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) is implementing the Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project (DSIP), mostly funded by the World Bank. This study assessed the challenges and opportunities of bringing low-income communities (LICs) under a sewerage connection within the proposed sewerage network plan by 2025. We conducted nine key-informant interviews from DWASA and City Corporation, and 23 focus-group discussions with landlords, tenants, and Community Based Organisations (CBOs) from 16 LICs near the proposed catchment area. To achieve connections, LICs would require improved toilet infrastructures and have to be connected to main roads. Construction of large communal septic tanks is also required where individual toilet connections are difficult. To encourage connection in LICs, income-based or area-based subsidies were recommended. For financing maintenance, respondents suggested monthly fee collection for management of the infrastructure by dividing bills equally among sharing households, or by users per household. Participants also suggested the government’s cooperation with development-partners/NGOs to ensure sewerage connection construction, operation, and maintenance and prerequisite policy changes such as assuring land tenure.

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  • Mahbub-Ul Alam & Fazle Sharior & Sharika Ferdous & Atik Ahsan & Tanvir Ahmed & Ayesha Afrin & Supta Sarker & Farhana Akand & Rownak Jahan Archie & Kamrul Hasan & Rosie Renouf & Sam Drabble & Guy Norma, 2020. "Strategies to Connect Low-Income Communities with the Proposed Sewerage Network of the Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project, Bangladesh: A Qualitative Assessment of the Perspectives of Stakeholders," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(19), pages 1-18, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:19:p:7201-:d:422745
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