PHOTO: ORCHID CHAKMA

A Mro woman with her children digs into the rocky bed of the Matamuhuri River in Shindu Mukh Para of Alikadam upazila in Bandarban recently to collect drinking water. Heavy rains have muddied most sources, forcing families in the community to carve basins in the stone where filtered water seeps through -- a stark sign of the ongoing shortage of clean water.