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Bangladesh
/ Water Resources
About
two thirds of the cultivable land at Bangladesh are prone to flood
damagc every years. Thus flood control and drainage improvement
are crucial for the national economy in order to reduce or prevent
damage to crops and infrastructure. Since agriculture and water
resources arc linked, increasing food grain production requires
water management through flood control, drainage and irrigation.
The
dual problem of shortage of water during the dry season and its
abundance in rainy season are critical in the development and
management of water resources in Bangladesh. Being the lower riparian
of the three major rivers of the world—the Ganges, the Brahmaputra
and the Meghna—Bangladesh could not undertake meaningful water
development in the past in order to properly harness their flows
for the benefit of the people.
The
historic Ganges Water sharing Treaty signed with India on 12 December,
1996, has opened up newer avenues for offsetting the negative
impact of Farakka Barrage and tapping the potentials of water
resources in the country. Opportunities have also opened up for
regional. sub-regional and basin-wide development and management
of water for mutual benefit. It is in this backdrop that the Ganges
Barrage has been taken up by the present government for implementation.
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