Ministry of Water Resources (Bangladesh)

Government ministry of Bangladesh

Ministry of Water Resources
Ministry overview
পানি সম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয়
Government Seal of Bangladesh
Formed	12 January 1972; 52 years ago (12 January 1972)
Jurisdiction	Government of Bangladesh
Headquarters	Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka
Annual budget	৳11194 crore (US$940 million) (2024-2025)
Advisor responsible	Syeda Rizwana Hasan
Ministry executives	Nazmul Ahsan, Secretary
Website	mowr.gov.bd

The Ministry of Water Resources (Bengali: পানি সম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয়; Pāni sampada mantraṇālaẏa) is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, which formulates all kinds of policies, plans, strategies, guidelines and laws, rules, regulations, etc. for the development and management of water resources and the management and control of the departments under its jurisdiction. This ministry prepares and implements development projects on flood control, irrigation and drainage, prevention of riverbank erosion, delta development, land reclamation, etc. through the construction of barrages, regulators, sluices, canals, embankments, rubber dams, flood control dams, coastal embankments and canals. Excavation-re-excavation provides services such as irrigation, flood control, flood prevention, river bank erosion prevention, land reclamation etc.

Directorates

References

"List of Ministries and Divisions". cabinet.gov.bd.
"Ministry of Water Resources". mowr.gov.bd.

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