Dhaka, July 13 -- The World Bank has approved $100 million to improve water supply and sanitation system in 30 Bangladesh municipalities.
The "Municipal Water Supply and Sanitation Project" will help about 600,000 people living in small towns to get safe water through piped water supply systems, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
In the selected 30 municipalities that currently do not have piped water systems, the project will install water infrastructures, including water treatment facility, water storage, transmission and distribution pipe network, house connections including meters, and others, said the Washington-based lender in a statement.
In Bangladesh, about 87 per cent households have access to various improved water sourc...