Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin on Wednesday said the government is taking special programs to protect the biodiversity of Halda River.
“An action plan will be formulated to implement this program, and if this is implemented properly, it will be possible to protect the biodiversity of the 94km area of the Halda River,” the minister said in the 2nd meeting of the National Biodiversity Committee.
The environment minister said that work is being done to protect the biodiversity not only of Halda River but also of all regions of Bangladesh.
“To succeed in this, the wholehearted cooperation of the people at all levels is necessary,” he said.
“Biodiversity needs to be protected for healthy human survival,” he added.
Deputy Minister of the Ministry Habibun Nahar, Secretary Dr Farhina Ahmed, Additional Secretary (Environment) Sanjay Kumar Bhowmik, Director General of the Department of Environment Dr Abdul Hamid, Chief Conservator of Forests Md Amir Hossain Chowdhury, representatives of various ministries, departments and research institutes spoke at the meeting.
After receiving the recommendation by the technical committee of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, it has been decided to send the vibrio cholerae biological sample responsible for cholera disease to the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Britain as per the request of icddr,b for joint research.
Findings from this research will enable Bangladesh to conduct advanced research on the cholera genome that will help eradicate cholera.
