UNB, Dhaka :
The damages and losses caused by river erosion each year in the country could be minimised significantly through dissemination of riverbank erosion prediction, according to water experts.
Addressing a seminar on Wednesday, they said non-structural measures like erosion prediction is needed to minimise the national losses and the sufferings of erosion-hit people, protect cities, towns and farmlands, and ensure the optimum use of resources.
The Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) organised the dissemination seminar on Riverbank Erosion Prediction 2015 at the city’s BRAC Centre Inn.
CEGIS has developed methods to predict morphological changes, including riverbank erosion of the Jamuna, the Ganges and the Padma rivers. Since 2004, the methods are being applied to predict bank erosion and morphological changes of these rivers.
Noted water expert Prof Dr Ainun Nishat said if the results of the bank erosion prediction could be reached to the doorsteps of people living in riverbanks through local administration, there will be a fruitful outcome.
Criticising the role of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), he said once the BWDB had a good relation with the common people, but this is no more. “If BWDB re-intensifies relations with local communities, erosion prediction will bring a good result,” he added.
CEGIS deputy executive director Dr Maminul Haque Sarkar disseminated the
results of the Riverbank Erosion Prediction 2015 at the seminar through power-point presentation.
The prediction for the year 2015 describes the vulnerability of land, settlement, embankment, road, educational institutions, health centres, haat-bazaars and the government and non-government offices.
About the adverse consequences of bank erosion, State Minister for Water Resources M Nazrul Islam said about 900 squire kilometers of settlement went into the Jamuna River due to erosion over the last three decades.
“The Jamuan devoured some 1300 hectares of farmlands during the same period leaving thousands of farmers destitute,” he added.
The damages and losses caused by river erosion each year in the country could be minimised significantly through dissemination of riverbank erosion prediction, according to water experts.
Addressing a seminar on Wednesday, they said non-structural measures like erosion prediction is needed to minimise the national losses and the sufferings of erosion-hit people, protect cities, towns and farmlands, and ensure the optimum use of resources.
The Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) organised the dissemination seminar on Riverbank Erosion Prediction 2015 at the city’s BRAC Centre Inn.
CEGIS has developed methods to predict morphological changes, including riverbank erosion of the Jamuna, the Ganges and the Padma rivers. Since 2004, the methods are being applied to predict bank erosion and morphological changes of these rivers.
Noted water expert Prof Dr Ainun Nishat said if the results of the bank erosion prediction could be reached to the doorsteps of people living in riverbanks through local administration, there will be a fruitful outcome.
Criticising the role of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), he said once the BWDB had a good relation with the common people, but this is no more. “If BWDB re-intensifies relations with local communities, erosion prediction will bring a good result,” he added.
CEGIS deputy executive director Dr Maminul Haque Sarkar disseminated the
results of the Riverbank Erosion Prediction 2015 at the seminar through power-point presentation.
The prediction for the year 2015 describes the vulnerability of land, settlement, embankment, road, educational institutions, health centres, haat-bazaars and the government and non-government offices.
About the adverse consequences of bank erosion, State Minister for Water Resources M Nazrul Islam said about 900 squire kilometers of settlement went into the Jamuna River due to erosion over the last three decades.
“The Jamuan devoured some 1300 hectares of farmlands during the same period leaving thousands of farmers destitute,” he added.
