UNB, Dhaka :
The proposed Ganges Barrage Project will be a blessing for Bangladesh since it is a low riparian area now faces
water-related problems for long, according to experts.
Noted water expert Prof Ainun Nishat said the Ganges Barrage Project should be implemented as soon as possible to protect the country’s southwestern region, including the world’s largest mangrove forest Sundarbans from salinity intrusion.
He suggested applying innovative method in implementing the proposed Ganges Barrage Project unlike the one being followed in the Teesat Barrage and restoring all dying rivers in the region through it.
The government has already completed the feasibility study and design of the long-cherished proposed 2.1 km-long Ganges Barrage Project at Pangsha of Rajbari district, around 98 kilometers downstream from the Farakka Barrage built on the common Ganges River in the Paschimbanga state of India.
The proposed project will have a reservoir for flow augmentation of water and its equitable distribution both dry and wet season over the
Ganges dependent area. The project will meet the demand of the Ganges water for agriculture, fisheries, ecosystems and navigation, experts and officials say.
Director (water resources) of Dhaka-based Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) M Sarfaraz Wahed said Bangladesh will be benefited from the project in all aspects – salinity will be reduced considerably and all dead rivers of the region will be recharged after implementation of the project.
He said, the Gorai river system with its augmented flow will provide an improved navigational route to and from the country’s second seaport, Mongla.
The proposed Ganges Barrage Project will be a blessing for Bangladesh since it is a low riparian area now faces
water-related problems for long, according to experts.
Noted water expert Prof Ainun Nishat said the Ganges Barrage Project should be implemented as soon as possible to protect the country’s southwestern region, including the world’s largest mangrove forest Sundarbans from salinity intrusion.
He suggested applying innovative method in implementing the proposed Ganges Barrage Project unlike the one being followed in the Teesat Barrage and restoring all dying rivers in the region through it.
The government has already completed the feasibility study and design of the long-cherished proposed 2.1 km-long Ganges Barrage Project at Pangsha of Rajbari district, around 98 kilometers downstream from the Farakka Barrage built on the common Ganges River in the Paschimbanga state of India.
The proposed project will have a reservoir for flow augmentation of water and its equitable distribution both dry and wet season over the
Ganges dependent area. The project will meet the demand of the Ganges water for agriculture, fisheries, ecosystems and navigation, experts and officials say.
Director (water resources) of Dhaka-based Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) M Sarfaraz Wahed said Bangladesh will be benefited from the project in all aspects – salinity will be reduced considerably and all dead rivers of the region will be recharged after implementation of the project.
He said, the Gorai river system with its augmented flow will provide an improved navigational route to and from the country’s second seaport, Mongla.
