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POST TIME: 17 October, 2017 00:00 00 AM
Re-excavated pond makes 26 ethnic families happy
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Re-excavated pond makes 26 ethnic families happy

RAJSHAHI: A re-excavated pond has made 26 ethnic minority families happy in Joshefpara village of Kakonhat municipality under Godagari upazila in the district, reports BSS.

"We had been facing problem of water for long, but the re-excavated pond removed the trouble," said Jatin Hashda, 45, a member of the village having 177 populations both male and female. He said Kakonhat municipality in association with community people re-excavated the derelict pond with financial support from Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) Project.

Earlier on, the villagers were dependent on two tube-wells for their necessary water.But during every dry season, the tube-wells become ineffective due to abnormal declining of underground water level. The odd situation forces them to fetch water from far away to meet up their daily water demands.

Municipality Mayor Abdul Mazid said the villagers need 17,700 liters of water including 531 liters for drinking daily. By dint of re-excavation of the pond, they are availing the scope of using year-round surface water instead of groundwater.

Above all, the pond has created scope of using 6.67 lakh liters of water that leads to creation of a tendency of lessening the gradually mounting pressure on aquifer. In addition to the Joshefpara villagers, 76 other drought-affected families in Veempara village under Tanore Upazila are getting privileges of water from the nearby submersible water supply scheme.

"We have created a 13.34-crore liter water reservoir through check-dam after re-excavating a 2.5-kilometer derelict canal at Baurigram village with financial support from IWRM project," said Lutful Haider Rashid, chairman of Kalma Union Parishad under Tanore upazila.

Besides fish farming, the reservoir provides necessary water to 1,360 families and irrigation water to eighty hectares of farming fields, he added. Switzerland Ambassador to Bangladesh Rene Holenstain has visited the water management activities in different drought-prone Barind areas in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj districts on Tuesday last.