Govt to involve all ministries in implementing Delta Plan

The government is planning to involve all ministries in the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP2100) by splitting it into several small components for its proper implementation.

Planning Minister AFM Mostafa Kamal made the disclosure while speaking at an inaugural session of a workshop in the city Wednesday, reports BSS.

"The government is considering this plan as a long-term comprehensive strategy . . . we are planning to involve all ministries by dividing it into small components for its proper implementation," he said.

The planning minister said the prime aim of Delta Plan was to achieve long-term sustainable development through adaptive water governance, based on long-term analysis, for the improvement of life standard and socio-economic condition of the people living in the deltaic region.

The minister urged the developed countries to invest in setting up wind- power centres in Bangladesh. A large international consortium, led by the Dutch consultancy firm Twynstra Gudde, has signed a contract for development of the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP2100), a crucial plan for Bangladesh.

The other consortium partners are Euroconsult Mott MacDonald, ECORYS, Witteveen+Bos, D.EFAC.TO, Deltares, Wageningen UR, and Unesco-IHE.