Is this really the Padma?!
Ey chobi dhekle hayat komeh bhai, hayat komeh.
Oi shala ta koi? Jeta shudho ghai - "Ami Banglai gaan gai".
Shala gawa uchith chilo "Ami Burmese maach khai"
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> *Low water flow Padma drying up*
>
> Experts said the entire northern and southern regions of the country,
> particularly the vast Barind tract, are facing ecological disorder
>
>
> Once mighty Padma has turned almost dry with the reduction of flow of its
> water. This picture of the Padma near Hardinge Bridge was taken on Monday.
>
> The scanty water flow has been triggering the drying up process of the
> mighty Padma and its tributaries causing an adverse impact on environment in
> the drought-prone Barind tract.(BSS) Experts said the entire northern and
> southern regions of the country, particularly the vast Barind tract, are
> facing ecological disorder due to adverse impact of the gradual drying of
> the river.
>
> They said the water level is being reduced rapidly and it has reached the
> lowest mark during the current dry season. A large number of big shoals have
> emerged in the river and its mainstream splitting the flow into numerous
> tiny and small confluence.
>
> The river has now the lowest water flow in some narrower channels that
> caused emergence of hundreds of shoals hampering navigability throughout its
> courses both in the up- stream and downstream, officials and experts said.
>
> Various types of crops especially IRRI-Boro paddy and different other
> seasonal crops are being cultivated on the riverbed. Officials of Bangladesh
> Water Development Board (BWDB) told BSS that the water level has been
> reducing to a greater extent this season in comparison with the last couple
> of years.
>
> In addition to the existing numerous ones, more big shoals are being
> emerged. After analyzing the decreasing trend, the experts expressed their
> apprehension that the declining condition would continue until the monsoon
> begins in June next that will lead the entire northern and southern regions
> to a more disastrous situation.
>
> Meanwhile, the ground water table has been lowering in the vast Barind tract
> with the reduction of water level in the river creating an apprehension of
> non-functioning of the hand-driven tubewells.
>
> Former Director of Institute of Environmental Sciences (IES) of Rajshahi
> University Prof Dr Sarwar Jahan said the drying up of the river and its
> tributaries has caused abnormal lowering of the underground water levels and
> also seriously affected the traditional irrigation for lack of adequate
> water flows. Besides, he said the conventional livelihood on the river
> basin, navigation, environment and bio-diversity have been posed to an
> alarming threat causing grave concern to the habitations in the river basin.
>
>
> If this trend continues, he said that the process of desertification would
> further be intensified in the region leading to a catastrophe in the
> promising agriculture sector. In this regard, he also revealed that the
> adversely reduced water flow has created an alarming situation among the
> Barind people and others about irrigation in the forthcoming IRRI-Boro
> season. He added that the situation may cause an adverse impact on the
> people whose livelihood largely depends on agriculture and other factors of
> rice production.
>
> Many water-bodies including canals, ponds and other wetlands have been dried
> due to disappearing of the surface water resources which may fetch a
> disastrous condition in the irrigation sector. "Recharging process of the
> groundwater table is being affected badly due to shortage of surface water
> resources," said Assistant Prof Dr Redwanur Rahman of IES.
>
> In this situation, officials of the Barind Multipurpose Development
> Authority (BMDA), which has been working as the pioneer irrigation providing
> organization in the region, are worried about proper functioning of the deep
> tubewells during the current IRRI-Boro season.
>
> BMDA Executive Director Abdul Mannan said the region has been playing a
> vital role in ensuring food security and socio- economic condition of the
> region by dint of irrigation facilities.
>
> So, he said, emphasis should be given to making the irrigation sector
> sustainable for boosting crop production to meet the national demand.
>
> http://www.ittefaq.com/issues/2010/02/09/news0367.htm
>
> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=125562
>
> http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2010/02/09/17624
>
> http://ittefaq.com.bd/content/2010/02/09/news0183.htm
>
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