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PM Hasina asks to prepare for probable floods

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  • Update Time : Tuesday, July 2, 2024
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked all concerned, including civil administration, to take necessary preparations in advance to face probable floods in the country.

The prime minister gave the directive while chairing the 1st meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) in this fiscal year (FY25) held at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.

Briefing the newspersons, planning minister major general (retd) Abdus Salam said that based on the forecast of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department and the experts concerned the prime minister in the meeting apprehended that a possible flood may sweep over the country in the coming days possibly in August.

In this regard, she asked all concerned to take necessary preparations to face the possible flood and its impact.

Planning Division senior secretary Satyajit Karmakar said the prime minister had categorically said that there is a possibility of flooding across the country in August since there has been a growing trend of rainfall in the country alongside rising water in the upstream of major rivers.

He said PM Hasina directed all concerned including the civil administration and field administration to take necessary preparations for facing the flood and its impact in order to protect the people of the country from the impacts and devastation of flood.

The planning division senior secretary said that the day’s meeting approved a total of 11 projects involving an overall estimated cost of Tk 54.6 billion.

“Of the total project cost, Tk 52.14 billion will come from the government of Bangladesh portion, Tk 1.40 billion from project assistance while the rest of Tk 1.05 billion as concerned organisation’s own fund,” he said.

Of the approved 11 projects, seven are fresh projects while four are revised ones, the senior secretary said. State minister for planning Md Shahiduzzaman Sarker, Planning Commission members and secretaries concerned attended the meeting.

Revealing a set of directives given by the prime minister in the meeting, the planning minister said the she asked all concerned ministries, divisions and executing agencies to make the necessary paperwork in the first quarter (July-September) of the new fiscal year (FY25) since the monsoon and rainfall during this season often hampers the physical work of projects.

“If the necessary paperwork can be done early, then the main physical work can also be done a bit earlier considering the rainy season,” the minister said, quoting the prime minister as saying.

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