RAJSHAHI, March 27, 2018 (BSS)- Speakers at a post-rally discussion here today unequivocally called for creating mass-awareness for protecting the existing water resources from further pollution and contamination to safeguard human civilization and biodiversity.
They viewed the water resources in the region including its vast Barind tract need to be protected and conserved and need-oriented water rules and policies have become indispensable to this end.
District administration and local office of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) jointly organized the meeting at conference hall of deputy commissioner in observance of the World Water Day- 2018. “Water for Nature” was main theme of the discussion.
Various organizations including Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE), Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) Project of DASCOH Foundation, Wave Foundation and Sachetan Rajshahi supported the programme.
Deputy Commissioner SM Abdul Kader addressed the discussion as chief guest with Mukhlesur Rahman, Executive Engineer of BWDB, in the chair. Executive Engineer of LGED Golam Mostofa, Executive Engineer of BMDA Habibur Rahman Khan, IWRM Project Coordinator Musabbir Hossain and its Assistant Coordinator Jahangir Alam Khan also spoke.
The discussants said the issue of vulnerabilities caused by abnormal declining of both underground and surface water resources in the dried area has become a grave concern.
Optimum aquifer recharge in the Hard Barind area is very important to protect its overall public health alongside the existing agricultural ecosystem through managing a groundwater basin efficiently and effectively.
So, there is no alternative to formulate a time-fitting policy and its successful implementation.
They said the climate change has been adjudged as the depletion of natural resources and as a major threat to humanity and urged the policy planners and others concerned to take immediate effective measures to address the adverse impact.
Substantial and sustainable promotion of water and sanitation related modern technologies have become the demand of time. The Padma River needs a capital dredging.
They put emphasis on groundwater recharging by enriching the surface water resources through necessary excavation and re-excavation of the derelict ponds and canals and treatment of the water on an emergency basis.