Dipankar Roy

For nearly three years, 112 kilometres of roads across Khulna city have remained unrepaired as the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) and Khulna WASA have been locked in a disagreement over bearing the repair costs under the Khulna Sewerage System Development Project.

Overnight rain and intermittent morning showers left large parts of Khulna city submerged yesterday, paralysing daily life in a familiar monsoon ordeal.

Residents question Tk 823 crore drainage project as rain paralyses city

Prolonged outages disrupt studies, household life and shrimp farming

Probe underway after soil dumping damages Ashrayan project homes in Khulna village

A 20-kilowatt solar power plant and training centre in Khulna city, set up in 2008 to promote renewable energy and create public awareness, has been lying idle for nearly 14 years due to neglect.

For Urmi Dhar, life was already a daily struggle.

The Khulna Divisional Children’s Hospital, built by the government at a cost of around Tk 115 crore to provide specialised treatment for child patients, has remained unused for around two years due to negligence, bureaucratic complications and lack of coordination between government agencies.