National Desk :
Water Resources Planning Organization (WARPO) has started implementing the Bangladesh Water Rules (BWR) 2018 in high barind region through decentralizing its activities.
The organization will assess the present context of water saving, groundwater recharging, drinking water status and surface water irrigation in the water-stressed area for the first time in the region.
The activities will be executed under the Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) Project, reports BSS.
IWRM project is being implemented in drought affected 39 Union Parishads and three Pourasavas in Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj and Naogaon districts since 2015 with the main thrust of supplying round-the-year potable water to all people in the targeted area.
The WARPO set up a district level office at Dingadoba area in Rajshahi city yesterday and will work in collaboration with the Ministry of Water Resources and financial support of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation- SDC.
WARPO Director General Delwar Hossain accompanied by its Director Alamgir Hossain, IWRM Project Director Rezaul Karim and Chief Executive Officer of DASCO Foundation Akramul Haque were present at the office opening ceremony.
Speaking on the occasion, Director General Delwar Hossain said the WARPO activities will cover baseline study to identify the water sources, present water use scenario and sectoral water demand.
They will conduct the activities in Union and Mouza level of the high barind region through Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) process.
Main focus will be given on identifying the current location and status of 50 observation and monitoring wells and irrigation borehole logs.
He said the local WARPO office will conduct their activities through coordinating all the government, non-government and local government organizations concerned.
