Master plan of Haors to be revised: Rizwana

The proposed master plan for the development of Haors and other water bodies would be revised soon, Water Resources Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said today.

"We will see what the real issues are and have people's participation in the master plan and it would be implemented in an environmentally friendly way," she said while inspecting an embankment at Umedpur area of Mortian Haor under Tahirpur upazila in the district.

Rizwana, also adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, Climate Change, said, "We came here to see the damaged embankments which usually caused losses of different crops in the Haor areas."

"New embankments will be constructed at the appropriate points for safeguarding the crops of the farmers," she said.

The adviser stressed timely work to protect crops from flash floods. "We must be very vigilant so that we can cultivate our harvest before flash floods hit."

The indiscriminate movement of houseboats, misuse of polythene and noise prolusion will be controlled smoothly, Rizwana said.

Home and Agriculture Adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Agriculture Secretary Dr Md Emdad Ullah Miah, Water Resources Secretary Nazmul Ahsan, Deputy Commissioner Dr Md Elias Miah and Police Super AFM Anwar Hossain were also present during the visit.