Teesta Master Plan feasibility study completed: PM

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today (29 April) told
Parliament that the feasibility study for implementing the Teesta Master Plan
has already been completed.
Replying to a starred question from
Gaibandha-1 MP Majedur Rahman during the question-answer session, he said the
Bangladesh Water Development Board completed the study.
"The feasibility study report
has recommended dredging of 110 kilometres of the Teesta River under the Teesta
Master Plan," the Prime Minister said.
He said the technical and financial aspects of the
feasibility study report are now being examined at different levels.
"Once the review process is
completed and the project is found technically viable, a timeline for
implementation will be fixed," Tarique said.
He said the Teesta is a
fast-flowing river and excessive rainfall during the monsoon often causes flash
floods and riverbank erosion in the region.
"On the other hand, water flow
drops sharply during the dry season, and in many places it almost reaches
zero," he said.
He also noted that heavy silt
carried by monsoon waters causes the riverbed to fill up, splitting the Teesta
into multiple channels.
The first 30 minutes of today's
parliamentary sitting, chaired by Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, were allocated for
the Prime Minister's question time.
















