The Padma Barrage is one of Bangladesh’s major planned water infrastructure projects, intended to address water scarcity in the southwest during the dry season.

The proposed Padma Barrage will deepen Bangladesh’s sediment, water, and ecological crises rather than sustainably resolving them.

Extensive feasibility studies must be conducted before launching megaprojects like the Padma Barrage.

As the Padma Barrage Project is placed before the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for approval this week, an idea that has evolved since the 1960s may finally become a reality.