BSS-05 Surface water conservation stressed to maintain ecological balance

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SURFACE-WATER-CONSERVATION (with picture)

Surface water conservation stressed to maintain ecological balance

RAJSHAHI, Jan 15, 2018 (BSS) – Speakers at a view-sharing meeting here
stressed the need for re-excavating the derelict water-bodies and wetlands
for conservation of surface water to maintain ecological balance in the
region.

They said large number of water-bodies have become derelict due to the
adverse impact of climate change posing a serious threat to ecosystem with
living and livelihood condition of the people.

The observation came in the meeting titled “Site-seeing and Evaluation of
Beel Kumari Beel to achieve SDGs” held at Tanore Upazila Parishad Auditorium
in the district yesterday.

Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) and Australian Curtin
University jointly organized the meeting as part of two-day workshop on “Role
of BMDA for the Implementation of SDG’s at the Grassroots level in Barind
Areas”.

More than 100 community people and others concerned joined the meeting
putting forward a set of recommendation on restoring navigability of the
canals.

BMDA Chairman Dr Akram Hossain Chowdhury chaired the meeting while Dora
Marinova, Professor and Director, Curtin University Sustainability Policy
Institute, addressed the meeting as focal person.

Professor Amzad Hossain and Professor Asif Iqbal Siddiqui from Curtin
University Sustainability Policy Institute, Professor Shamsul Alam, Professor
Chowdhury Sarwar Jahan and Professor Monzur Hossain from Rajshahi University,
Director General of Rural Development Academy Engineer Abdul Matin and BMDA
Executive Director Engineer Abdur Rashid also spoke at the function.

Dr Chowdhury said there are a lot of beels and ponds in Barind area and if
those had been re-excavated properly, all the farming lands could have been
brought under irrigation with conserving water round the year.

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