Project Details

General Enquiry

Consultancy Services for design including Enhancement of Feasibility Study, GIS data collection and gathering for 25 towns.





 
Location 25 Municipalities Town
Client Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE)
duration June, 2024 - November, 2025 (ongoing)

Bangladesh has a high population density and has experienced rapid urbanization. The percentage of the population living in slums has increased, leading to poor sanitation conditions and a higher risk of water-borne diseases. While access to basic drinking water facilities is relatively good, the quality of drinking water is often poor due to contamination.

While formally planned urban areas may have access to publicly funded sewerage systems, the poor and those living in slums and informal settlements are left behind with little or no support. In those areas, infrastructure and services for safe containment, emptying, conveyance, treatment, and disposal are largely absent. Pits and septic tanks are illegally connected to surface drains or water bodies. The faecal sludge is emptied by informal and unhygienic methods and openly dumped into the environment. This weak link in the sanitation service chain in Bangladesh has been not only contaminating the environment (including drinking water sources) but also posing significant risks to human health (causing recurrent outbreaks of diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, and typhoid). To address these challenges, the Government of Bangladesh has prioritized urban sanitation and approved an Institutional and Regulatory Framework (IRF) for Faecal Sludge Management (FSM). A National Action Plan has been developed to implement the IRF and ensure effective FSM by 2030. The establishment of a Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS)-FSM support Cell aims to facilitate integrated sanitation management. 

PLANCON works in joint venture with Sheltech Consultants (Pvt.) Ltd. (Lead); Maxwell Stamp Ltd. (MSL); Knowledge Management Consultants (KMC) Ltd .