The activities of managing director of Dhaka

 The activities of managing director of Dhaka Wasa demonstrate that he does not know the law and rules. If he does it (giving water supply connection) knowing the law and rule, it's a punishable offence," the HC bench of Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore and Justice Mohammad Ullah said.

The bench made the remark during hearing a pending writ petition filed by rights organisation Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB) in May 2010 seeking necessary directives to seal off the drains and sewerage lines connected to Buriganga and to save it from pollution.

UN OCHA said a key challenge faced by humanitarian agencies is how to ensure that limited available resources are allocated where they are most needed and are efficiently delivered in a principled manner. “Decisions to allocate resources must strike a balance between meeting the immediate needs of the crisis affected communities and supporting efforts to strengthen resilience and response preparedness for future emergencies.”

To support humanitarian partners in addressing some of these challenges, the OCHA Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) produces the Regional Focus Model (RFM). 

OCHA considers the RFM a practical tool to inform and guide disaster managers by providing an evidence base on which to base discussions and prioritization.

There is no provision under the Wasa Act, 1996 and the Wasa Rules, 2011 for giving water supply to structures which have no sewerage lines and septic tanks, but Wasa has given them connections in violation of the law and rules, the HC said. 

In Asia and the Pacific region, Afghanistan is the only country that fell in the “Very High Risk” category with a score of 8.3. 

Myanmar, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea all fall in the “High Risk” category with scores of 6.6, 6.5, 6.0 and 5.8, respectively.

India and Nepal also fall in the same category with a score of 5.3 while Bhutan (3.0) and Sri Lanka (3.9) are in the “Medium Risk” category and Maldives is in the “Low Risk” category with a score of 2.3.