PM chairs meeting on DND dam to find ways to resolve water-logging

A meeting on the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) Embankment was held on Wednesday with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the chair to find solutions to the long-standing water-logging problem in the embankment area. 

The meeting was held at the Prime Minister's Cabinet Division office in the Bangladesh Secretariat in the afternoon, said Prime Minister's Deputy Press Secretary Md Suzauddhowla (Sujon Mahmud), reports BSS.

He said the meeting discussed in detail the long-standing water-logging problem in the DND embankment area and possible ways to resolve it.

After the meeting, Water Resources Minister Md. Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee said that the DND embankment area had long suffered from water-logging and that much of the problem still remains. 

A project addressing the issue was undertaken in 2016 and completed in 2024, he said, adding, however, unfortunately, ordinary people have not yet received the expected benefits.

The minister said that the project completed by the Ministry of Water Resources would be handed over to the city corporation within the next two weeks.

Anee said a new plan is being taken to further improve the drainage system in the DND area. The proposal to develop an additional 30 kilometers of drainage infrastructure across the area has been brought to the Prime Minister's attention, he added.

Expressing optimism, he said the desired results could now be achieved through the management of the city corporation and the combined efforts of all concerned.

State Minister for Water Resources Forhad Hossain Azad, State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam, Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Administrator Abdus Salam and Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) Chairman Engineer Md Reazul Islam were present at the meeting.