On Saturday (January 12, 2019), a seminar on "Fecal Sludge Treatment in Bangladesh" was held at room no 614 of Department of Civil Engineering as a part of the collaboration project between Department of Civil Engineering, UAP and WaterAid that led by Dr. Tanveer Saeed, Associate Professor of Dept. of Civil Engineering, UAP.
Dr. Mujibur Rahman, Professor of Dept. of Civil Engineering (UAP), Dr. Abdullah Al- Muyeed, Head of Policy and Advocacy, WaterAid were the keynote speakers.
After inaugural speech by Head of The Department, in first session, the informative speech of Dr. Mujibur Rahman covered importance of Fecal Sludge Management (FSM) through the current sanitation situation worldwide as well as Bangladesh. In Bangladesh context, the current practice of treating Fecal Sludge and its challenges as well as the policy initiatives e.g., regulatory frameworks that are needed to address to achieve SDG target by 2030 also came up.
In second session, Dr. Muyeed shared the practical experiences of the FSM project at Shakhipur, Tangail, that covered city sanitation planning, context, technological approach, gender approach, business perspective, occupational safety guidelines etc. He also shared the limitations while unraveling the road. Lastly the seminar was ended by a nice animated video of the FSM project at Shakhipur that cleared remaining different complex issues easily prior to the concluding speech from Dr. Tanveer Saeed.
Besides Head of the Department, Dr. Muhammad Mizanur Rahaman, the whole FSM team of UAP (Dr. Tanveer Saeed, Dr. Nehreen Majid, Dr. Md. Mahmudul Hasan) and Mr. Mohammad Abdul Basit, Program Officer-Engineer of WaterAid were present. Around 50 students including Masters Program attended the seminar.
The half day-long seminar ended in a Q&A session. Few images of the seminar have been attached to the end of the email.
