Abstract
The study explores access to water supply system of tea pickers in six tea estates of Sylhet division of Bangladesh—Malnichhera, Lackaturah, Keramotnagor, Balishera, Kalagul and Rashidpur. Drawing upon a systematic set of semi-structured interviews and cross-sectional data collected randomly from 300 tea pickers, the study considers men and women’s access to (un)safe water by addressing their sources of both drinking and using water for daily usages and the distances from home to sources by including their concern about safe water and its related diseases.
Highlights
The key aim of this study is to examine the sustainable access to water supply system of tea pickers in Bangladesh
We argue that Bangladesh is one of the well-known tea producing nations of the world
The above results has shown that the water supply system is unsustainable, pathetic and miserable because of the distance of water sources, water unavailability throughout the year and lack of the idea about safe water
Summary
To assess the access to water supply system of the tea pickers. To explain the water sources of tea pickers in the tea gardens. To discuss what strategy they use to collect and preserve water for daily use. To examine the perception regarding safe water among the tea pickers
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