SFD (Lite) Report - Moulvibazar Municipality, Bangladesh

Moulvibazar is a fast-growing city, which is 203 km away from the Dhaka city. It is beside the Manu River and well connected with road and water. It is one of the oldest towns in the sub-continent and was declared Municipality in 1987.

According to the population census in 2011 by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the Moulvibazar Population was 56,537. The urban population growth in Bangladesh is 3.5% 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 84,500.

The outcome of the SFD graphic shows that only sixteen percent (16%) of the excreta flow is classified as safely managed, and the remaining eighty four percent (84%) is classified as unsafely managed.

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