Bangladesh Water Development Board has adopted a long-time flood forecasting technology to cope with the perilous impact of climate change, local media reported Sunday.
Instead of existing 3-day (72 hours) forecasting technology, the long-time one consists of three-types of forecast schemes: short term (1-10 days), medium term (20-25 days) and long term (1- 6 months), local daily The Independent reported Sunday.
Five pilot areas in the country have been selected for testing the application of newly introduced technology.
The flood forecasting technology, as part of the country's disaster preparedness will bring significant changes in saving lives and properties and reducing investment losses to the farmers, experts said.
Besides, a 10-year disaster management plan has been taken under the framework of Global Earth Observation System of Systems, a comprehensive environmental data and information provider worldwide, to improve sustainable water resources management in the country.
Under the plan, Bangladesh is going to evolve another flood recasting model to be applied in major river Meghna and the country's remaining river basins will be brought under the model in phases attuned to the Meghna model.
Flood, usually caused by incessant rain and water flowing from upper stream, becomes particularly common in monsoon season in Bangladesh from June to September every year.
In 2007, two rounds of devastating floods claimed more than 1, 000 lives and caused huge economic losses in the low-lying country. |
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