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November 23, 2000
Dhaka-- (UNB)- The Netherlands yesterday entered into a deal with Bangladesh for providing expertise support in institutional development for a multi-disciplinary planning in water management under emerging new circumstances. Water Resources Minister Abdur Razzak and visiting Dutch Vice-Minister for Transport, Public Works and Water Management Monique de Vries signed the Twinning Agreement on water management, primarily geared to institutional issues. Signing the agreement, Abdur Razzak said the accord would further fortify the cooperation the two nations already have for the last 30 years in water management. The Dutch Minister, referring to her country’s long support in Bangladesh’s water management, appreciated this country’s success in implementing quite a number of projects in water sector. “The main objective of this arrangement is to contribute to institutional development with the emphasis of issues such as multi-disciplinary planning, management structures, policy development and implementation,” said a statement, released after the signing at the State Guesthouse Meghna. Until recently, almost all bilateral cooperation in water management between the two countries, both grown up in deltas, focussed on civil engineering aspects. The new arrangement will give emphasis on improving institutional expertise as Bangladesh is currently engaged in a process of policy formulation, planning and institutional reform in the water sector. Earlier on Monday, the Dutch vice-minister, while visiting the River Research Institute at Faridpur, viewed that the three-dimensional Dutch model could be of use to stimulate rivers like Gorai that suffer from declining water flows. She said the 3-D model emphasized dredging and river training, designed to restore the dry-season flow on a permanent basis. The Netherlands has developed a unique network of dikes and dams for the last one thousand years to protect themselves from the sea. But now they realised that the approach reached its maximum limit and raising the height of the dikes would not be the last answer as sea level kept on rising. The Dutch government is now thinking about other options like restoring water in the upstream and creating controlled flooding in designated areas, the Dutch minister told a seminar in the city Tuesday. |