Water
resources minister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Tuesday accused the local media of
exaggerating the extent of the floods, saying that the country’s northern
region has not been affected by the floods as much as the media is portraying.
Also a leader of Ershad-led Jatiya Party, Anisul made the accusation at a
public rally organised by ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) in Bhola sadar
upazila (sub-district).
The water
resources minister inspected river erosion in the area.
Addressing
the rally, Anisul said, “Please come with me to the North Bengal, I will show
you that there was no flood water inside the dam. But the video footages and
photographs being aired and published on television and in the newspapers are
the pictures of different char [islands] areas.”
He went
on to say, “And we’ve kept those areas as reservoirs to conserve flood water,
because the water must be diverted in a certain direction when rivers swell and
if you block the waters, the water will erode the river banks.”
He said
there should not be any habitats in the area. “But as our population is high,
people build their habitats in such areas. And the media is publishing those
pictures more.”
The
minister claimed that the current government has achieved the ability for river
training.
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