Waterlogging in Southwest Region
Proper implementation of TRM projects urged
Procedural delay and mismanagement by local administrations in implementing the Tidal River Management (TRM) projects have triggered the persistent waterlogging in the country's southwest region, said local lawmakers and local people yesterday.
They were speaking at a seminar styled "Drainage Congestion in the Southwest Region of Bangladesh" jointly organised by Institute of Water Modelling (IWM), Delta Alliance Bangladesh Wing, and Bangladesh Water Partnership in the capital's Biam auditorium.
Urging the government to implement the TRM projects soon, they said the government should find a permanent solution to the problem.
They also demanded easing of the process of compensation disbursement given by the government.
“The government must implement the project to save the people from permanent waterlogging,” said Shaikh Abdul Wohab, a ruling Awami League (AL) lawmaker from Jessore-6 constituency.
Tipu Sultan, another AL lawmaker from Jessore-5 constituency, said the government should involve locals in implementing the project.
Speaking on the occasion, Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen said the government will implement the project soon and make easy the compensation disbursement process.
Prof M Monowar Hossain, executive director of IWM, chaired the seminar while State Minister for Water Resources Mahbubur Rahman, KAM Shahiduzzaman, director general of Bangladesh Water Development Board, among others, also spoke.
The TRM is an indigenous water management system that allows tidal water to flow into the wetlands and river basin, and rolling back of the water when the tide subsides.
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