A memorandum of understanding was signed on Monday between the Bangladesh Water Development Board and the Bangladesh Army鈥檚 24 Engineer Construction Brigade to implement a major river re-excavation project to resolve the decades-long waterlogging crisis in Bhabadaha region of Jashore and Khulna.
The agreement signing ceremony was held at the BWDB headquarters in Panthapath of Dhaka, said a press release.
BWDB superintending engineer of water development circle in Jashore and project director BM Abdul Momin and Lieutenant Colonel Mamun Ur Rashid, project director of the 24 Engineer Construction Brigade, signed the MOU.
Under the project, 81.5 kilometres of five rivers 鈥� 35 kilometres of the Harihar, 20 kilometres of the Hari-Teligati, 18.5 kilometres of the Upper Bhadra, seven kilometres of the Teka and one kilometre of the Shree 鈥攚ill be re-excavated. The project has been estimated to cost Tk 13,998.19 lakh.
BWDB director general engineer Md Enayet Ullah, addressed the signing ceremony.
Additional chief engineer of BWDB鈥檚 south-west region in Khulna Md Aminul Islam, 24 Engineer Construction Brigade staff officer Lieutenant Colonel Tanvir Ahmed, Jashore water development division executive engineer Palash Kumar Banerjee, and project officer Major Gazi Nazmul Hasan were present.
