Rivers losing navigability

MANIKGANJ: Most of the internal rivers of the district are losing their navigability and even some of them are facing threat to their existence due to continuous siltation and grabbing the wet beds of the rivers, reports BSS.
Continuous dumping of garbage, waste of local industries and absence of dredging operation, the bed of the rivers filled silt and rising up day by day.
There was a time, these river were full of natural resources. But now it is declining as they have already lost their flow and navigation. A lot of fish species have already been disappeared.
That’s why, a large number of people such as fishermen and boatmen are forced to change their profession.
The two big rivers Jamuna and Padma are flowing at the west and the south side of the district which are now facing threat of their navigability during the dry seasons.
There are a lot of chars in the beds of the two big rivers. Some of the chars are now became the farming lands.
Besides, there are nine rivers which are following in the district. These are Kaliganga, Dhaleshwari, Eachhamoti, Kantaboti, Bhuboneshwar, Khirai, Monolokhani, Manda and Gazikhali.
The district town is situated in the middle of Kaliganga and Dhaleshwari rivers. Once Beothaghat, Tara, Jabra, Ghior were known as ports of Kaliganga river. Once there were boats, launches and steamers in the rivers carrying goods and passengers from one district to another. Ghior and Jabra were the main jute markets from where the jutes of the district were sent to Narayanganj Jute Mills. Water Development Board sources said once the length of some internal rivers was about 241 kilomiters which now became shorter. People of these areas have already built houses on the chars and haat-bazaars (market) have also been established there.
Besides, a group of land grabbers occupied the wet beds of the rivers built unauthorized structures in the rivers.
The water development board has taken initiative to save these rivers. A project for dredging the rivers was submitted to the concerned authority, the Executive Engineer of Water Development Board Hasan Mahmud told BSS.
He said it is necessary to re-excavate the rivers to continue the river flow normal round the year for transportation and increasing fish productions and irrigation.

 

Rivers losing navigability

MANIKGANJ: Most of the internal rivers of the district are losing their navigability and even some of them are facing threat to their existence due to continuous siltation and grabbing the wet beds of the rivers, reports BSS. Continuous dumping of garbage, waste of local industries and absence of dredging operation, the bed of the rivers filled silt and rising up day by day. There was a time, these river were full of natural resources. But now it is declining as they have already lost their flow and navigation. A lot of fish species have already been disappeared. Thats why, a large number of people such as fishermen and boatmen are forced to change their profession. The two big rivers Jamuna and Padma are flowing at the west and the south side of the district which are now facing threat of their navigability during the dry seasons. There are a lot of chars in the beds of the two big rivers. Some of the chars are now became the farming lands. Besides, there are nine rivers which are following in the district. These are Kaliganga, Dhaleshwari, Eachhamoti, Kantaboti, Bhuboneshwar, Khirai, Monolokhani, Manda and Gazikhali. The district town is situated in the middle of Kaliganga and Dhaleshwari rivers. Once Beothaghat, Tara, Jabra, Ghior were known as ports of Kaliganga river. Once there were boats, launches and steamers in the rivers carrying goods and passengers from one district to another. Ghior and Jabra were the main jute markets from where the jutes of the district were sent to Narayanganj Jute Mills. Water Development Board sources said once the length of some internal rivers was about 241 kilomiters which now became shorter. People of these areas have already built houses on the chars and haat-bazaars (market) have also been established there. Besides, a group of land grabbers occupied the wet beds of the rivers built unauthorized structures in the rivers. The water development board has taken initiative to save these rivers. A project for dredging the rivers was submitted to the concerned authority, the Executive Engineer of Water Development Board Hasan Mahmud told BSS. He said it is necessary to re-excavate the rivers to continue the river flow normal round the year for transportation and increasing fish productions and irrigation.