Learning and Innovation Fund to Test New Ideas (LIFT) LIFT is a program of Palli Karma-Shahayak Foundation (PKSF). Under the program, in December 2016, Dak Diye Jai (DDJ) started to implement one of its activities, i.e., installation of a desalination plant (Reverse Osmosis System) in a saline-prone area of the Bagerhat district. DDJ installed one plant at 11. Baharbunia Union of Morrelgonj upazila under the district. The area is a saline-prone area, and DDJ installed the plant in the area with a view to fulfilling the long-standing demand of the people of the union for potable water. Through the installation of the plant, approximately 1,000 households of 11 Baharbunia Union and the adjacent 12 Jewdhara Union is benefiting from getting potable water. The poor people are getting water from the plant free of service charges. Due to Cyclone Amphan, which occurred in May 2020, the infrastructure and equipment of the water plant were damaged. As a result, the local people once again faced a shortage of drinking water. It is important to note that the salinity situation in the Baharbunia Union is severe, which has caused the plant’s machinery to deteriorate quickly. Consequently, during the fiscal year, the plant was relocated to the neighboring Jewdhara Union and rebuilt with the organization’s funding. The plant is now fully operational, and residents are regularly collecting drinking water from it.
