| National Water Management Plan - NWMP |
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The Government prepared the National Water Management Plan, with the intention of operationalising the directives given by the National Water Policy. In reflecting the objective of rationalising and decentralising management of the sector, the Plan is a framework plan within which line agencies and other organisations are expected to plan and implement their own activities in a coordinated manner. The Plan is presented in three phases: in the short-term (2000-05) it is considered a firm plan of ongoing and new activities; in the medium-term (2006-10) it is an indicative plan, and in the long-term (2011-25) a perspective plan. Implementation of the plan is to be monitored regularly and it will be updated every five years.
The National Water Management Plan has been prepared to respond to these challenges and paradigms, with three central objectives consistent with Policy aims and national goals.
These objectives are:
- Rational management and wise-use of Bangladesh's water resources
- People's quality of life improved by the equitable, safe and reliable access to water for production, health and hygiene
- Clean water in sufficient and timely quantities for multi-purpose use and preservation of the aquatic and water dependent eco-systems
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| The Development Strategy, agreed in the course of Plan preparation, gave equal importance to each national goal. The Plan is structured in a manner that the objectives of 84 different programmes planned for the next 25 years contribute individually and collectively to attainment of both the overall objectives as well as to intermediate sub-sectoral goals. The programmes are grouped into eight sub-sectoral clusters and spatially distributed across eight planning regions of the country. The three main categories of programmes are Cross-Cutting Programmes, National-level Programmes and Regional Programmes. |
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| The NWMP programmes are to be implemented by line agencies and others as designated. Each organisation is responsible for planning and implementing its own activities and projects within the NWMP framework. As secretariat to the NWRC, WARPO will monitor progress and impacts and draw to Council's attention issues that require their particular consideration. |
| Key Issues of NWMP are as follows: |
| National issues |
- River Bank Erosion
- River Siltation
- Water Quality (Surface & Ground)
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- Post monsoon drainage
- Shortage of water for Irrigation
- Encroachment of river, canal, beel, pond
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Regional issues |
North Central
- Bulk water supplies and pollution clean-up for Dhaka City
- Encroachment on Buriganga and other rivers
- Flooding and drainage problems
- Flood proofing in charlands and low lying areas
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North East
- Environmental management of the Haor Basin
- Flash flooding and remedial actions for existing FCD schemes
- Flood proofing of villages in the Haor Basin
- Erosion of old Brahmaputra left bank
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South West
- Preservation of the Sundarbans
- Restoration of dry season freshwater inflows
- Maintenance of the coastal embankment system and alleviation of drainage congestion
- Improved cyclone protection
- Flood proofing in charlands and low lying areas
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North West
- Erosion along the right bank of Brahmaputra
- Flooding and drainage problems
- Remedial measures for existing FCD(I) schemes
- Drought in the western fringes
- Flood proofing in charlands and low lying areas
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| South Central
- Maintenance of the existing coastal embankment system (CES)
- Siltation and drainage congestion
- Improved cyclone protection
- Flood proofing in the charlands and low lying areas
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South East
- Gaseous aquifers
- Improved cyclone protection
- Maintenance of the CES and drainage congestion
- Protection of accreted lands against tidal flooding
- Remedial action for existing inland FCDI schemes
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Eastern Hill
- Small-scale irrigation development
- Mini-hydropower development in the CHT
- Improved cyclone protection
- Maintenance of the coastal embankment system
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River and Estuary
- An affordable long-term strategy for erosion protection and regional augmentation
- Flood proofing in the charlands and low lying areas
- Improved cyclone protection in the Meghna Estuary
- Erosion of Meghna River
- Land accretion and land reclamation
- Timely protection on newly accreted lands
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For detail on NWMP please contact with WARPO. |
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