BSS, Dhaka :
Water Resource Minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud Sunday said the country needed to formulate a delta plan aimed at dealing with water resource management in coordinated manner through incorporating all necessary development aspects.
“We need a good regional cooperation for a sustainable water resource management. Delta Plan should be prepared by considering the issue of regional cooperation,” he told a training workshop on “Delta Planning and Management” at the Spectra Convention Centre here.
State Minister for Water Resource Muhammad Nazrul Islam, Bir Protik, Charge ‘d Affaires of Netherlands Embassy in Dhaka Martine Van Hoogstraten, Executive Director of Center for Environment and geographic Information Services(CEGIS) Engr. Md Waji Ullah and Deputy Executive Director of CEGIS Dr Maminul Haque Sarker, among others, addressed the inaugural session of the workshop with Water Resource Secretary Dr Zafar Ahmed Khan in the chair.
Anisul said, “Water is central to the life and culture of Bangladesh. People of the country suffer both from flood and riverbank erosion in almost every year due its geographical character.”
He said water related problems and challenges are becoming more complex for Bangladesh as consequences of climate change are likely to hit the whole water resources sector.
Anisul said, “We need an integrated water resources management to deal adverse impact of climate change and complex river morphology systems to ensure sustainable development in the country.”
Dr Maminul said, “We can follow the Delta Plan of Netherlands to prepare the Bangladesh Delta Plan-2100 as there are some similarities between the countries on the field of water resources sector.”
The 100-year long delta plan will help Bangladesh to manage water resources sector effectively, which will ensure water safety, food security as well as sustained economic growth, he added.
