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Flood sufferings in char regions won’t last longer: Zakir
KURIGRAM, Aug 21, 2020 (BSS) – State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Zakir Hossain today said sustainable river embankments will be built in char regions in the district after dredging river Brahmaputra to lessen the flood sufferings of people.
“Sufferings of people due to annual flood in char regions in Kurigram will not last longer as embankments will be built after dredging river Brahmaputra for the permanent solution to protect the people from river erosions and devastating floods,” he said.
Zakir, also a lawmaker from Kurigram-4 constituency, said Rowmari, Rajibpur and Chilmari are areas prone to river erosions as every year onrush of upstream water and heavy rainfalls cause overflowing of waters of Brahmaputra with inundating low-lying char areas that push lives of poor and destitute people in crisis.
The state minister said this while visiting the works of river dredging and construction of embankment at Rowmari upazila in the district.
He said project relating to dredging of river Brahmaputra has already got the approval of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) and it awaits for tender.
Commander of Rowmari upazila Muktijoddha Command Abdul Qader, Rowmari Press Club President Sujaul Islam, upazila Awami League leaders and Water Resources Ministry officials were present on the occasion.
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