Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh

(EPA/ABIR ABDULLAH)

A picture made availabe on 19 March 2010 shows a Bangladeshi slum dweller pumps and collects water from a tubewell at Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 18 March 2010. Water has been a mojor problem for the city dwellers as they suffer intake of polluted and stinky water while the government has been directed to get water tested by the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) and Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) and to submit a status report before the High Court in two weeks. The Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) is supplying 1.50 billion litres of water a day against a demand of 2.25 billion litres due to frequent power cuts and a fall in groundwater level.