Staff Reporter:
A meeting on the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) Embankment was held yesterday with Prime Min-ister Tarique Rahman in the chair to find solutions to the long-standing water-logging problem in the embankment area.
The meeting was held at the Prime Minister’s office at the Bangladesh Secretariat yesterday afternoon.
The meeting discussed in detail the long-standing water-logging problem in the DND embankment area and possible ways to resolve it.
After the meeting, Water Resources Minister Md. Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee said that the DND em-bankment area had long suffered from water-logging and that much of the problem still remains.
A project addressing the issue was undertaken in 2016 and completed in 2024, he said, adding, however, unfortunately, ordinary people have not yet received the expected benefits.
The minister said that the project completed by the Ministry of Water Resources would be handed over to the city corporation within the next two weeks.
Anee said a new plan is being taken to further improve the drainage system in the DND area. The pro-posal to develop an additional 30 kilometers of drainage infrastructure across the area has been brought to the Prime Minister’s attention.
Expressing optimism, he said the desired results could now be achieved through the management of the city corporation and the combined efforts of all concerned.
State Minister for Water Resources Forhad Hossain Azad, State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Administrator Abdus Salam and Rajdhani Un-nayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) Chairman Engineer Md Reazul Islam were present.
