The government has taken initiative to carry out capital dredging of 50 km long Daudkandi - Homna - Ramkrishnapur waterways to keep up all the waterways inside Bangladesh active and running at all times. Hydrographic survey work has also been completed for the same.
According to the project, the consulting firm has completed the design work of the waterway. Dredging work has already been started. The engineers of the concerned dredging department said that after the completion of the dredging work, direct waterways will be launched from Daudkandi to Homna to Ramkrishnapur route and the overall communication system will also be improved.
Shipping
Minister Mr. Shahjahan Khan has inaugurated the project at 8th October 2017 to
ensure smooth and safe movement of goods and passenger vessels on the inland
waterways. BIWTA Chairman Commodore M Mozammel Haque has presided over the
stage held next to the park adjacent to Daudkandi Meghna-Gomti Bridge.
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) is implementing capital dredging of Daudkandi, Homna and Ramkrishnapur waterways under river dredging project on 53 routes (24 routes to be completed in the first phase). The cost of the project has been estimated at BDT 44.79 crore. The work has started from July and the project will be completed in June 2019.
Engineers
from BIWTA's dredging department said the country's 53 waterways would no
longer be at risk if the project was implemented. 19 lac cubic meters will be
dredged. Necessary lighted buoy, beacon lamp will be installed as marking of the
waterway. The vessels will be able to operate at a depth of 4 meters draught throughout
the year, said the concerned. The 50-kilometer waterway from Daudkandi Bridge
to Ramkrishnapur via Homna will be dug 200 feet wide and 12 feet in deep. The
Gumti, Meghna and Titas rivers are included in the waterways between Daudkandi,
Homna and Ramkrishnapur.
According to BIWTA sources, under the conservation and excavation program of BIWTA, a plan has been taken to maintain the navigability of important ferries and waterways used for navigation as well as to carry out dredging activities in 53 waterways for a period of 9 years to improve the navigability of inland waterways of the country.
Under the plan, on January the ECNEC has approved a project titled Dredging on Madaripur - Charmuguria - Tekerhat - Gopalganj Waterway to increase the navigability of Madaripur - Charmuguria - Tekerhat - Gopalganj waterways on Arial Khan and Kumar rivers and implementation activities have been taken up. In addition, in the first phase, a project titled Capital Dredging in 53 Inland Waterways Capital Dredging (1st Phase 24 Waterways) and another project titled Dredging in 12 Important Waterways has been proposed for conducting capital dredging activities.
According
to NEWS, a PEC meeting was held on August 22, 2010 at the Planning Commission
on the DPP of the Capital Dredging (1st Phase 24 Waterways) project in 53
routes. The DPP was restructured by rescheduling the dredging tender as per the
decision of the meeting.
The
24 naval routs proposed for dredging in the first phase are:
- Dhaka - Munshiganj - Gazaria - Chandpur - Chittagong route
- Chandpur - Hijla - Barisal route
- Gashiakhali - Barisal - Kaliganj - Chandpur - Aricha route
- Bhairab Bazar - Lipsa - Chatak - Sylhet route
- Gazlajar - Mohanganj route
- Loarga - Dulovpur route
- Chitri - Nabinagar - Kutibazar route
- Narsingdi - Katiadi Waterway
- Narsingdi - Marichakandi - Selimganj - Banjarampur - Homna Naval route
- Daudkandi - Homna route
- Jhalkathi - Patharghata waterway
- Khulna - Gazirhat - Manikda waterway
- Nandibazar - Madaripur waterway
- Dilalpur - Gouradighar - Chamraghat - Nilkiatpara - Netrokona waterway
- Manumukh - Moulvibazar waterway
- Mirpur - Savar waterway
- Sripur - Kaliganj route
- Patuakhali - Mirzaganj Route
- Hosnabad - Torki - Phansitla Waterway
- Dolarchar - Baliakandi - Boalmari - Kashiani Waterway
The
other 12 waterways proposed for dredging are:
- Dhaka - Taltala – Dahuri
- Jajira - Madaripur - Kabirajpur - Chowdhuryhat - Pizakhali - Charjanajat - Keorakandi waterway
- Lahar Hat - Veduria waterway
- Shaheber Hat - Tongitbari – Lahar hat waterway
- Dhaka Sadarghat - Virulia - Paturia - Baghabari route
- Demra - Ghorashal - Palash route
- Dhaka - Ramchar - Madaripur Waterway
- Dhaka - Shariatpur Waterway
- Chandpur - Nandirbazar - Shikarpur - Hularhat route
- Hularhat - Charchapali - Gopalganj waterway
- Narayanganj - daudkandi waterway
- Sureshwar - Angaria – Madaripur waterway
In this context, the Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan said that many rivers of the country had lost their navigability, since the Awami League government came to power, the navigability of rivers has been restored and excavation work has accelerated. The government has purchased 14 dredgers from 2009 to 2013.
He
said work is underway to buy 20 more dredgers from 2014 to 2019. In addition,
50 more dredgers have been collected privately. River dredging is going on with
these dredgers. So far 1,380 km of waterways have been excavated. Three
excavators have been procured for river dredging and eviction of illegal
installations, while six more excavators are in the process of being procured,
the minister said.
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