Table 8 - 4 in Saidabad Water Treatment Plant Project, Phase III

Table 8-4: Findings of FGDs from January 2023 Source of IncomeSource of waterElectricityEnergy/GasEducationHealthNGO serviceImpact of DWASA work› Hardware business. › Income from house rent › Daily wage labourers. › Rickshaw Pullers › Van Drivers › Renting the shops › Owner of a grocery store› Main source of water is supply water from DWASA (100%)› Main source of light is Electricity (100%)› Main source of energy is gas line, cylinder gas and firewood for cooking purposes (100%)› The people are aware of education and send their children to schools or madrashas. › Girls’ education rate is good, and mothers are concern for their daughter’s education. › There are primary schools, secondary schools, madrasas and kindergartens. › The old people are mostly illiterate, more specifically old women are not literate.› Water-borne disease is not seen very much now › The people are better in economic condition, they go to private clinics for good health services. › Medium income people are also aware of health care and go to private doctors for treatment. › Most of the low-income and poor people m go to government hospital as that is free and also give medicine for free of cost. › There are some pharmacies in the local area and poor people go there and buy medicine as per their suggestions › Some poor people also go to Quack or buy medicine by themselves without any consultations of the doctors.› NGOs are working here but not very popular. › NGOs have not much welfare programs here except micro-credit. › The NGOs are working here named Sajeda Foundation, ASA, BRAC, Social Islami Bank, PROSHIKA, and some more NGOs work here. › NGOs loan is high interest and every week they come for kisti (instalment) so unless emergency they do not want to take loan from NGOs.› There is WASA pipeline connections exists but sometimes water quality is not good, and flow is not sufficient, dirty water also comes with bad smell in few cases. › There will be no direct effect of the local people or their property as there is no land acquisition, but other problems can be occurred due to construction work and temporary use of land for construction materials storage › They requested to take measures properly to reduce the problems that may be happened.