Start tidal river management
Hundreds of affected people in Bhabadah project areas under Jashore and Khulna yesterday demanded immediate implementation of Tidal River Management (TRM) project to ease the sufferings of the people living in the areas.
Earlier, the Bhabadah Water Mitigation Movement Committee arranged a gathering in the deputy commissioner's (DC) office premises in Jashore to press home their demand.
The committee members later submitted a memorandum to the prime minister through the Jashore DC.
People, who took part in the gathering, said around 10 lakh inhabitants of Abhaynagar, Monirampur, Keshabpur and Sadar upazilas in Jashore, Dumuria and Phultala upazilas in Khulna and Tala upazila in Satkhira suffer for months during the rainy season every year due to lack of free flow of water.
Due to lack of dredging, the four rivers, Sree, Hari, Teka and Mukteshwari became silted and are now dying because of the impact of construction of the sluice gates in 1960s, they alleged.
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