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'Projection of 17pc coastal inundation not factual'
Staff Correspondent | Update: 23:11, Feb 19, 2017
Environmentalist Ainun Nishat at a seminar said projection about inundation of large part of Bangladesh due to sea level rise is not factual.
When the sea will rise up to that level, Bangladesh could adjust techniques to fight back the catastrophe, he said at the seminar in Dhaka, titled 'Protection of Bangladesh coast from adverse effect of climate change: Things to do to save from tidal flow in monsoon'
Professor Ainun Nishat said other nations in the world want to learn from Bangladesh about how to protect coast.
"Many people say 17 per cent of Bangladesh coastal area will be submerged. It's not a fact," he added.
If there was no embankment, it could happen. But there is a 12-15 feet embankment in the coastal area.
With the detrerioration of climate situation, Bangladesh would build stronger embankments to prevent rising water level, he hoped.
"If sea level rises by 1 meter, it may inundate 17 per cent coastal area. But it will take 100 more years to happen," said Hasan Mahmud, president of parliamentary committee on environment and forestry ministry. Preventive measures are possible against this potential threat, he added.
According to an essay presented at the seminar, as much as 15 cyclones hit the Bangladesh coastal area in past few years, leaving scores of people dead and about 5 million people homeless.
Coast Trust executive director Rezaul Karim moderated the seminar.
'Projection of 17pc coastal inundation not factual'
Staff Correspondent | Update: 23:11, Feb 19, 2017
Environmentalist Ainun Nishat at a seminar said projection about inundation of large part of Bangladesh due to sea level rise is not factual.
When the sea will rise up to that level, Bangladesh could adjust techniques to fight back the catastrophe, he said at the seminar in Dhaka, titled 'Protection of Bangladesh coast from adverse effect of climate change: Things to do to save from tidal flow in monsoon'
Professor Ainun Nishat said other nations in the world want to learn from Bangladesh about how to protect coast.
"Many people say 17 per cent of Bangladesh coastal area will be submerged. It's not a fact," he added.
If there was no embankment, it could happen. But there is a 12-15 feet embankment in the coastal area.
With the detrerioration of climate situation, Bangladesh would build stronger embankments to prevent rising water level, he hoped.
"If sea level rises by 1 meter, it may inundate 17 per cent coastal area. But it will take 100 more years to happen," said Hasan Mahmud, president of parliamentary committee on environment and forestry ministry. Preventive measures are possible against this potential threat, he added.
According to an essay presented at the seminar, as much as 15 cyclones hit the Bangladesh coastal area in past few years, leaving scores of people dead and about 5 million people homeless.
Coast Trust executive director Rezaul Karim moderated the seminar.
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