Bangladesh aims to adopt Japanese technologies
Bangladesh is looking forward to adopting Japanese technologies for building durable structures like river embankments and highways and freeing underground water from arsenic.
In this regard, Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japanese construction firm JDC Corporation.
The government is soon going to undertake two pilot projects to ascertain viability of Twister technology for construction and "JaPani" method of removing arsenic contamination in the country, said BCSIR Chairman Md Faruque Ahmed at a discussion at BCSIR following signing of the MoU.
“We often have to deal with embankment collapse and soil erosion from underneath railway tracks,” he said.
On the other hand, he said, “Arsenic has already penetrated into food chain with entire south-west region plagued by arsenic contamination.”
The Twister method of reinforcing soil improvement through rotary crushing and mixing would help sustain the infrastructures like river embankment, highways, marine drive, rural and urban road networks, railway and airport runway, he said.
JDC Corporation President Takeo Asakura said Twister method increases quality of soil faster at a lower cost for construction of durable infrastructures.
The "JaPani" method that segregates arsenic from water would help get rid of arsenic contamination, particularly in rural areas, he said.
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