Fall in groundwater level, power outages blamed
Frequent power outages and sharp fall in the groundwater level have aggravated water crisis in the Khulna city. The Khulna City Corporation can presently supply only 1.5 crore to 1.75 crore gallons of water per day against the demand for 3 crore gallons. Sources in the corporation said they had 72 wells, 2,825 deep tube wells and 5,942 shallow tube wells and 15,000 water connections in the city. Besides, some households in the city use shallow and deep tube-wells of their own, they added.