Chandnighat Water Treatment Plant (Dhaka)

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Nawab Khawaja Abdul Ghani's most notable philanthropic work was the estab of water Works at Chandnighat to supply potable water for city dwellers. The work was started in 1874 with his contribution of over Tk. 2,00,000.

The water works plant now lies hidden amid buildings in old Dhaka halfway between Lalbagh Fort and Chawkbazar. It draws water from Buriganga river at Chandnighat, the place where the Royal boat "Chandni" of Mughal Subahder Islam Khan moored.

The plant, with its subsequent improvement, supplies 39 million litrs of filtered water daily which meets 1.8% of the total water supply of Dhaka now. Pouring of millions of liters of untreated, highly toxic liquid wastes directly into river by the tanneries and industrial units of Rayerbazar and Hazaribagh have polluted river water so much that it is hardly possible to treat polluted river water any more to make it fit for human consumption. 82% of potable water of Dhaka is now drawn from underground source by over 400 production wells.