Thirty model canals have been identified in eight districts this year and will be put to several uses, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu said.
He was answering reporters' questions after inspecting the Mohendranagar Mondoler Hat model canal in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila on Thursday (12 November).
The canals Bangladesh excavates usually serve only to hold or drain water, the minister said, but the model canals will be multipurpose: trees will be planted along both banks, farmers will rear ducks and farm fish, and cottage industries will be set up.
The area's poorest households will be organised into cooperative groups, he said. Beneficiaries are being identified and will be trained and encouraged to take up fish farming and duck rearing. "We have called it a model canal to give full shape to the Bengali's fish and rice," he said, adding that all work would be finished before the 19th.
Deputy Commissioner Muha. Rashedul Haque Prodhan, Superintendent of Police Asaduzzaman, district council administrator A K M Mominul Haque and other local officials were present. The report does not name the other seven districts. It is by Ajker Patrika's Lalmonirhat correspondent.
Source: Ajker Patrika
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