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CANAL-RE-EXCAVATION (with picture)
Four canals re-excavation works on, expecting increased production in
Rajshahi
RAJSHAHI, Aug 27, 2019 (BSS) – The four canals re-excavation works are
progressing fast, expecting to get more cultivable land around canals’ both
sides by stopping existing water logging problem after completion of works
which can help increase production in the region, sources said.
The canals are being re-excavated under a project titled “Extension of
Irrigation Facilities and Mitigation of Water Logging in Bagha, Charghat and
Paba Upazilas of Rajshahi District”.
Main objective of the project is to increase cultivable land by 1,250
hectares through solving water logged problem and providing irrigation to 350
hectares of land directly.
Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has been implementing the
three-year project since October, last year.
The project include re-excavation of 28-kilomter canal, construction of
1,535-meter concrete wall and 100-meter slabs, four foot-over bridges and
digging of 20 dug-walls, said project director Engineer Nazirul Islam.
Upon successful completion of the project by December, 2020, more than
1,600 hectares of croplands will be brought under irrigation process which
will produce around 8,800 metric tons of additional food grains per year, he
said.
A total of 10 low lift pumps run by two cusec solar panels each will be
installed for lifting water from the canal for irrigation in farming lands,
he also said.
“We have plan of transplanting around 8,000 saplings of fruit, wood and
medicinal plants on embankment of the re-excavated canals,” Nazirul said,
adding that the transplanted trees will contribute a lot to creating
additional forest resources along with improving environment.
Mofidul Islam Bachhu, Chairman of Harian Union Parisahd under Paba
Upazila, said the initiative will help increase employment facilities of the
laborers and marginal farmers. It will also reduce the gradually mounting
pressure on groundwater.
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