Only Elevated Way Can Be Constructed in Haor: Cabinet

The Cabinet Division on Monday made a clear instruction that no road except elevated ones can be constructed in the haor region to ensure the water flow.

The instruction came from the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office in Dhaka, reports UNB.

About Austagram-Mithamain Haor all-weather road, the meeting also asked the authorities concerned to assess whether the road causes any adverse effect regarding the water stagnation in the hoar, said Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam while briefing reporters at Bangladesh Secretariat.

The cabinet also asked to conduct a survey if the water stagnation problem would go in case of construction of a 150-200 metre bridge in the hoar road maintaining a logical distance like in every half a kilometer, he said.

In the meeting, it was informed that flash floods have so far damaged the crops on 5,000 hectares of land in the haor region. Crops are cultivated in a total of 2,70,000 hectares of haor-land in the country, said the cabinet secretary.

Noting that the harvesting of paddy might be completed by April 30, he said it is expected that no crop would be damaged anymore there if there is no rain in the next 8-10 days.