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1. Economical Shelter of
Drought Situation in the
Northwestern Districts
of Bangladesh
Dr. Rishad Choudhury Robin
ID: 59031975
DrPH Student
Naresuan University

2. Overview of the Situation
 Drought has become a recurrent natural phenomenon of northwestern
Bangladesh in recent decades.
 In Bangladesh drought is defined as the period when moisture content of
soil is less than the required amount for satisfactory crop-growth during the
normal crop-growing season.
 The average rainfall is about 1600 mm , which mainly occurs during the
monsoon. Most parts of the country receive at least 2000 mm of rainfall per
year.
 The average highest temperature of the region ranges is 35'C. But in summer
it increase 45'C sometime.
 The lowest average temperature is 12'C. The temperature even falls at 5'C in
some places.

3. Overview of the Situation (Cont.)
 Two types drought are more prevalent in Bangladesh.
 Seasonal drought - caused by irregularities in recognized rainy and dry
seasons; and contingent drought - caused by irregular rainfall.

4. Proposed Shelter
Living Area
Kitchen
Toilet
Tree
Water Reserver
• Clustered shelter to share
ducting and plumbing to have a
more economic living.
• One mutual water preserver to
save water from wasting.
• Recycling grey water from toilet
and kitchen sink to flush the
Water Closet.
• Rain water harvesting system in
every home.
• Storing rain water when overflow
to water preserver.
• White painted brick wall for
insulation to heat.
• Solar panel to have personal
electricity.
• Use of bio gas from septic tank
for cooking.

5. Detailed Section of Individual Shelter
Solar panel
Rain Collection Gutter
Unfiltered Rain water
Solar electricity use
White painted brick wall
Sand Filter
Filtered rain water
Mutual ducting for rain water and
underground water preserver
Direct rain fall to vegetation
Ducting to underground
water preserver
Mutual underground septic tank
Mutual underground water

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