Besides, there will have to be a change in the methods of farming in this area. A large part of water is wasted in farming. He said that if this continues, there will be no drinking water left.
Noting that more than 15,000 deep tube wells have been installed in the Barind region, Nehreen Majid, professor in the department of civil engineering at Asia Pacific University, said women and children are the main victims of the water crisis there.
They are a health hazard. He talked about using the experience of those who have survived this difficult reality. Professor Nehrin said, the technology of rainwater harvesting is not becoming popular there.
Jahangir Alam Khan, director of the non-governmental organization DASCOH, said about 100,000 people from the ethnic minority group live in areas of the Barind region where the water crisis is most severe.
And these people are directly associated with farming. Women work in the fields there and cannot go to work if they have to fetch water. As a result, he said, they are gradually becoming poor.
Hussain Ishrat Adeeb, director of IDPs and WASH at BRAC, said that water should be ensured for all in the Barind region as much as it is.
A documentary on the water crisis in the Barind region was presented at the round table meeting moderated by Firoz Choudhary, assistant editor of Prothom Alo.