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Stop the misconduct of Dhaka WASA meter readers

Dhaka WASA has increased water prices at least 14 times in 13 years. However, despite this, the quality of water supply has not improved; instead, various types of irregularities and corruption have increased. The corruption discussed is referred to as the "meter fraud trap." Corruption related to meters is becoming an unfortunate trend in Bangladesh. Electricity meters were previously associated with fraud, with even ordinary meter readers found to own millions of taka. Now, a similar trend is observed in the water meters of WASA, which is unexpected for the country.