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Cabinet okays draft of climate change trust fund law

Dhaka, Bangladesh: The cabinet of Bangladesh on Monday approved the draft of ‘Climate Change Trust Fund Act, 2010’ to create a permanent fund for ‘protecting lives and property of the people from adverse effects of climate change’.

The environment and forests ministry placed the draft in the weekly meeting of the cabinet at the secretariat with the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, in the chair.

“The cabinet has given approval to the draft of Climate Change Trust Fund Act, 2010, which will help create a permanent fund with donation from home and abroad and ensure transparency and accountability in operation of funds under various projects of the government and the non-governmental organisations,” environment secretary Mihir Kanti Majumder told New Age after the meeting.  Read more...

Tk 70,000cr needed to implement climate change action plan

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bangladesh needs Tk 3,500 crore for each year of the first two years and Tk 70,000 crore for the first five years to implement the 10-year Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan.

The state minister for environment and forests, Hasan Mahmud, said this in the house in reply to questions from lawmakers on Thursday.

To implement the BCCSAP, he said, the government has allocated Tk 700 crore from its own fund and expected that developed countries in line with the Copenhagen Accord would take immediate steps for delivering $30 billion fund over next three years.  Read more...

300 villages brought under flood rehab programme

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Some 300 flood-affected villages in districts have been brought under a Flood Restoration and Recovery Assistance Programme, being implemented with assistance from the World Bank.

Of the flood-affected villages, 150 are in Jamalpur district, 100 in Gaibandha and 50 in Sirajganj district.

Social Development Foundation and Palli Karma Shahayak Foundation are implementing the 25-million US$ programme in the districts devastated by floods in 2007.

SDF recently distributed Tk 4 lakh as initiation fund under the project in four villages in Sadar upazila of Sirajganj, said a press release on Sunday.  Read more...

Buriganga cleansing starts by lifting waste from its bed

Dhaka, Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority on Wednesday began its drive to remove all the garbage, including polythene and coconut shells, from the bed of the Buriganga, the lifeline of the capital, in order to rejuvenate the moribund river, restore its navigability and save the environment.

Shipping minister Shahjahan Khan, along with water resources minister Ramesh Chandra Sen and state minister for forest and environment Hasan Mahmud, inaugurated the drive after a formal ceremony at the Sadarghat Terminal.

The Buriganga cleansing project, being implemented by the BIWTA at a cost of Tk 24.9 crore, will end by June 2011. The forest and environment ministry is providing the cost from its Climate Change Trust Fund.  Read more...

Conspirators of governmental climate fund in Borguna

Mohammad Abdul Wahab, Borguna

Borguna, Bangladesh : “At the time of Aila, I was in Dhaka. My family was in Borguna. My family members have told me everything about that situation. All villagers were busy to save life. My trees were broken and fallen on house. My tin sheet house was totally broken. I have lost everything”. This is the voice of hen seller, Mohammad Abdul Wahab, who lives in Dhaka now. He has come from Sotogorichanna village of Fuljhori in Borguna.  Read more...