'Evolve planned shrimp culture in S-W region'
200 students join course on waterbody management
Our Correspondent, Satkhira
Speakers at an orientation course on Friday said the ecology and the environment are being greatly affected due to unplanned building of dams in rivers waterbodies in the south-western coastal region. Salt water is flowing into croplands because of this, destroying land fertility. The orientation course on "Marshy Land Management in South-West Coastal Region' was organised by a local NGO, Uttaran. It was held at Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah College at Debhata. With Mauiruzzaman Jamadda in the chair, Principal Riazul Islam was present as chief guest. Vice-principal Abdul Majid was the special guest at the function, conducted by Mostafiz Kamal. The discussants said lands in Satkhira, earlier used for agriculture, are now being brought under shrimp cultivation in an unplanned way. This is destroying their fertility. The government, in cooperation with local authorities and shrimp farmers should evolve a policy for planned shrimp cultivation. This will increase the yield and also release lands now under shrimp cultivation, they said. Dwelling on salinity, they said government efforts can not protect lands here from the scourge. Local initiative, taking the people in confidence, is necessary. They called upon political leaders to realise the problem and mobilise people with an aim to stop unplanned construction of dykes and shrimp enclosures. More than 200 hundred students of KBA College, Hazi Kiyamuddin Mahila College and Debhata college took part in the course, where a set of recommendations were adopted to face natural and man-made disasters. It was addressed by, among others, Advocate Mosharraf Hossain, Shahiua Nazma Popy, Abdur Rashid and Selim.
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