People's Republic of Bangladesh
Ministry of Water Resources
পানি সম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয়
Pāni sampada mantraṇālaẏa
Government of Bangladesh Seal
Agency overview
Formed12 January 1972
JurisdictionGovernment of Bangladesh
HeadquartersSecretariat, Dhaka[1]
Ministers responsible
Agency executives
Websitemowr.gov.bd

The Ministry of Water Resources (Bengali: পানি সম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয়; Pāni sampada mantraṇālaẏa) is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, which formulates all kinds of policies, plans, strategies, guidelines and laws, rules, regulations, etc. for the development and management of water resources and the management and control of the departments under its jurisdiction.[2] This ministry prepares and implements development projects on flood control, irrigation and drainage, prevention of riverbank erosion, delta development, land reclamation, etc. through the construction of barrages, regulators, sluices, canals, embankments, rubber dams, flood control dams, coastal embankments and canals. Excavation-re-excavation provides services such as irrigation, flood control, flood prevention, river bank erosion prevention, land reclamation etc.

Directorates

References

  1. ↑ "List of Ministries and Divisions". cabinet.gov.bd.
  2. ↑ "Ministry of Water Resources". mowr.gov.bd.


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