Water resources adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan recently said urgent measures will be taken to prevent illegal encroachment of wetlands and rivers.
"As part of this initiative, unauthorized structures in Arial, Chalan, Belai, and Basila beels (wetlands) will be evicted," she told a consultation meeting at the Ministry of Water Resources at the Bangladesh Secretariat here.
Officials from the ministry and its affiliated offices and entities were present at the meeting
Speaking as the chief guest, Rizwana said she will visit to Arial Beel soon, along with the Housing and Public Works Adviser.
Emphasizing the importance of conserving haors (wetlands) and beels, she urged officials concerned to take timely initiatives to repair embankments in haor areas to minimize crop loss.
The advisor stressed the need for working on controlling river pollution to ensure people's rights to water.
A list of vulnerable rivers, including Baral, Piyain, Dawki, Someshwari, Balu, Buriganga, Magra, and Karatoa, should be prepared, and harmful structures should be removed from these rivers, she said.
