18 lakh people get safe drinking water thru pipeline in Barind | Others

RAJSHAHI, Sept 27, 2025 (BSS) - More than 18 lakh villagers, including those living in the high Barind tract, are now getting safe drinking water through pipeline facilities, due to the installation of need-based infrastructure in the drought-affected region. The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has been supplying arsenic-free drinking water to people in many areas of the dried tract. Over the past two decades, the BMDA has installed more than 1,715 water supply installations and 670 dug wells across 25 upazilas in Rajshahi, Naogaon, and Chapainawabganj districts under the Barind region. The state-owned BMDA, the country's largest irrigation-providing agency, constructed these installations alongside requisite pipeline networks to ensure safe drinking water supply to remote areas. Talking to BSS, BMDA...