SFD (Lite) Report - Kushtia Municipality, Bangladesh

Kushtia is a fast-growing city located along the Dhaka- N1 and Rajshahi-Kushtia highway and 171 km West of Dhaka. It is beside the Madhumati River and is well connected with road, water, and railways. It is one of the oldest towns in the sub-continent and was declared a municipality in 1869.

According to the population census in 2011 by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the Kushtia Municipality was 102,988 The urban population growth in Bangladesh is 2% per year. Considering 10% floating population, such as farmers and traders, comes to the city every day, the present (2020) population is estimated to be around 135,300.

The outcome of the SFD graphic shows that only thirty seven percent (37%) of the excreta flow is classified as safely managed, and the remaining sixty three percent (63%) is classified as unsafely managed .

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