Inland Navigation and Integrated Water Resources Management

This publication is a result of joint research on the convergence of inland navigation and IWRM, and it specifically focuses on the links between economic development and environmental security. The waterways between Bangladesh and north-eastern India provide an important means of cheap transport for bulk agricultural and other goods, but they have been affected by hydro-morphological processes and withdrawal of water which has reduced their navigability in many regions, especially during the dry season. Ensuring sustainable navigability through river improvement and conservation efforts is important in securing not just environmental outcomes but also social and economic benefits.

Jakia Akter is a graduate from BUET and has been working in CEGIS since 2005. Syed Monowar Hossain has been working in the Inland Water Transport (IWT) sector since 1984. Shampa has grown up seeing the capricious behavior of Ganges- Brahmputra-Meghna which made her enthusiastic in Water Engineering and so she received her graduation from BUET. R.M. Nair was Member (Technical) of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) in the Ministry of Shipping from 1995 to 2005. Maminul Haque Sarker received his graduation in civil engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).