Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam said on Thursday that management of water development activities is essential in riverine Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has prepared a roadmap for the future course of delta Bangladesh through formulation of the Delta Plan-2100, he said.

“As Bangladesh is a downstream country, numerous rivers flowing from different sources of the Himalayas flow through our country into the Bay of Bengal,” he said.

“We have to plan various development activities by ensuring coexistence with water bodies in riverine Bangladesh. That's why it is essential to have proper management of water development activities,” he said while presiding over a workshop.

Dhaka WASA and the Water Development Board organised the workshop.

Environment Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Water Resources Minister Zahid Faruk were present as special guests while UNDP Chief of Development Research Dr Nazrul Islam presented the keynote address.

The LGRD minister emphasised the importance of restoring and cleaning various canals during his time, and due to various initiatives taken by the ministry in the past, it has been possible to restore the canals around Dhaka, he claimed.

He mentioned that various bridges are being studied through feasibility studies by the local government engineering department built over the country's rivers.

Besides while constructing village roads, it is being constructed without obstructing the flow of water, Tazul said.

The drainage system beside the road has also improved a lot than before, he said.