Take steps to protect embankments

Says JS body

29 April 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

A parliamentary body yesterday asked the water resources ministry to take stern action against officials for their failure to protect embankments in haor (water body) areas where a huge amount of crops were damaged as flood water washed away parts of some embankments. The parliamentary committee on estimate also asked the ministry and the water development board to take all-out measures to protect embankments in haor areas. The committee expressed concern over the loss of crops. It asked the authorities concerned to identify the officials who did not take precautionary measures to protect the embankments, meeting source said. AL lawmaker HN Ashequr Rahman, chairman of the parliamentary committee, presided over the meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. The committee also asked the water resources ministry to ensure transparency and accountability in the implementation of development projects.