City Desk :
Speakers at a daylong seminar demanded on sustainable development considering the protection of environment. “We want long-term sustainable development to turn Bangladesh into a developed country by 2041, dreamt by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, considering protection of environment so that we can face adverse impact of climate change,” they remarked at the seminar style “Impact on Climate Change at the coastal areas and our duty” held recently at the auditorium of Mozzaffar Garden in Satkhira .Senior Secretary of Public Affairs Ministry K M Ali Azam addressed the seminar as the chief guest with Khulna Divisional Commissioner Md Ismail Hossain in the chair, reports BSS.
Demanding scientific-based research to face the impacts on climate change, speakers said combined efforts can protect the Sundarbans, the world’s largest and only mangrove forest.
The chief guest said government has taken huge saline tolerable projects in the coastal areas of the country.
“The government has taken initiative to implement the Delta Plan, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, which was approved in 2018 with a view to achieving sustainable economic growth and sustainable environment through long-term food security and sound water resource management,” they said. “We’ve set a target to provide employment around 1.19 crore people to climate adaptation and we dreamt to change the country a developed one side by side change its people fate,” the speakers added.
Public Administration Ministry organised the seminar in cooperation with Administrative Convention Center in Khulna City.
Professor Dr Selimul Haque, Director of Bangladesh Center for Climate Change and Development, presented the keynote paper at the seminar while Professor of Urban and Rural Planning (URP) Discipline of Khulna University (KU) Dr Md Zakir Hossain and Associate Professor of Science, Environment and Technical University of Jashore Dr Moumita Chowdhury were present as discussants. Project Director of Administrative Convention Center Abu Saleh Monjurul Alam delivered the welcome speech.
Dr Selimul Haque, also an environment scientist, said although Bangladesh turned a resilient country, some coastal areas of its are now most vulnerable zone due to the climate impact.
He stressed the need for mass awareness of common people to adverse impact of the climate change saying media, teachers and concerned professional bodies and universities can play vital role in this regards.
Terming Bangladesh will lead climate change adaptation globally, he said, coastal zone including Khulna and Satkhira will turn Bangladesh into a climate prosperous country.
All Deputy Commissioners in Khulna division, Union Parishad (UP) Chairmen of Satkhira and Khulna, Freedom Fighters, Journalists, Teachers, Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs), among others, attended the seminar.
