City Desk :
Speakers at a discussion opined that creating mass awareness has become crucial for protecting the existing groundwater resources from further degradation to safeguard human civilization and biodiversity.
They viewed that the groundwater resources in the region, including its vast Barind tract, should be protected and conserved through substantial and sustainable promotion of aquifer recharge.
District administration and local office, Rajshahi of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) jointly organised the meeting recently at the conference hall of Deputy Commissioner (DC) in observance of the World Water Day-2022 .
Officials and staff of various other organisations including Rajshahi City Corporation, Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA), Rajshahi Water and Sewerage Authority and Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) joined the programme, reports BSS.This 2022, the focus is groundwater, an invisible resource with an impact visible everywhere.
DC Abdul Jalil addressed the meeting as the chief guest with BWDB Executive Engineer Shafiqul Islam in the chair.
