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Water resources sector gets Tk 7,932 in proposed budget
SANGSAD BHABAN, June 13, 2019 (BSS) – An allocation of Tk 7,932 crore has
been proposed for water resources sector in fiscal 2019-20, which was Tk
7,093 crore in fiscal 2018-19.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal proposed the allotment while placing
the budget in the Parliament here today.
In his budget speech, he said Bangladesh has been placed at the 6th
position among the countries vulnerable to natural disasters due to climate
change.
Therefore, the finance minister said, the government has formulated an
adaptive, long-term, integrated and macro-level mega plan ‘Bangladesh Delta
Plan 2100’ with the vision of ‘achieving a safe, climate change resilient and
prosperous delta’.
Kamal said about 35 percent of the total investment will be spent in flood
control, preventing river erosion, river excavation, dredging, river training
and navigation.
A total of 80 projects have been proposed under the Delta plan, whose
implementation will begin in phases, he said.
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