Water resources, environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hassan on Tuesday said that the Shuvadda canal would be linked again with Dhaleshwar and Buriganga rivers for ensuring its smooth flow.
鈥榃e have to revive the canal for national interest as it was linked with Dhaleshwar and Buriganga rivers,鈥� she said while inaugurating the first phase of 鈥楻e-digging of Shuvadda Khal and development of its embankments鈥� project in Jhawbari Bridge area of Keraniganj.
The 24th engineering construction brigade of Bangladesh Army has been implementing the project at a cost of Tk 317.59 crore under the supervision of Bangladesh Water Development Board, according to a press release.
The canal would be excavated with sufficient depth, illegal occupants would be evicted and concrete walkways would be constructed to prevent reoccupation in future, Rizwana said.
Home and agriculture adviser Lieutenant General (retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said that the Shuvadda canal was once the source of livelihood, agriculture and fisheries of the area and an important option to discharge water.
The inaugural function was addressed by engineering-in-chief of the army headquarters Major General Muhammad Hassan-uz-Zaman. Among others, senior secretary to the water resources ministry Md Mukabbir Hossain, administrator of Dhaka North City Corporation Md Azaz, Dhaka divisional commissioner Sharf Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, deputy inspector general, Dhaka range Rezaul Karim Mallik and deputy commissioner of Dhaka Tanvir Ahmed, were present at the function.
