China-funded green sewage treatment plant boon for millions in Dhaka

STORY: China-funded green sewage treatment plant boon for millions in Dhaka DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant Logo, Dhaka WASA Logo 2. various of Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant 3. SOUNDBITE (English): TAZUL ISLAM, Bangladeshi Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives STORYLINE: Millions of dwellers in Aftab Nagar area on the eastern side of the Bangladeshi capital have been benefiting from a China-funded green sewage treatment plant since its operation in April. The Dasherkandi Sewage Treatment Plant project, the largest in South Asia, provides modern sewerage service to about five million people in Dhaka. On Sunday, Bangladeshi Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Tazul Islam and Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming inspected the project. It took HydroChina Corporation, the contractor, less than four years to complete the project.