{"id":31546,"date":"2017-03-15T18:39:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T18:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=31546"},"modified":"2017-03-15T18:39:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T18:39:25","slug":"president-stresses-extra-care-in-delicate-haors-development-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=31546","title":{"rendered":"President stresses extra care in delicate “haors” development planning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Hamid2\"Dhaka desk: President Abdul Hamid has urged authorities to take extra care in planning development initiatives in environmentally delicate low lying haor region, as he wrapped up a three-day visit in this northern district, his birthplace.<\/p>\n

“Climate change is now an important factor in development, so we must take pragmatic steps in chalking up development plans considering environmental features of particular areas,” he told a view exchange meeting with senior citizens, local representatives and officials last night at his hometown of Astagram.<\/p>\n

He particularly drew everyone's attention to the haor region's topography saying no infrastructure should disrupt the natural water flows in the low lying flood plains here.<\/p>\n

The president said Bangladesh needed to address many problems with limited resources and therefore development issues should be identified on the basis of priority requirements involving people in the neighbourhod.<\/p>\n

Simultaneously, he said, development interventions should take place as planned on priority basis as well.<\/p>\n

Earlier at a public address the president expected the government initiatives to develop further the socio-economic scenario of backward haor region despite its complicated geographic features.<\/p>\n

“Haor people by now witnessed massive development but the geographic features made the region largely unsuitable for mega (development) projects,” he said.<\/p>\n

But, he said, the haor region was expected to witness further development in view of the government plans for balanced development of areas with different topographic features.<\/p>\n

During the meeting, local people highlighted various local problems seeking him to use his good office to resolve them.<\/p>\n

The president reminded the people of his links to the region which shaped his long political career since his student life.<\/p>\n

“Since then I'm trying to do something good for you though I failed to do many things till date that gives me pain always,” he said.BSS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dhaka desk: President Abdul Hamid has urged authorities to take extra care in planning development initiatives in environmentally delicate low lying haor region, as he wrapped up a three-day visit in this northern district, his birthplace. “Climate change is now an important factor in development, so we must take pragmatic steps in chalking up development […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":31547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n