Technical examination of the present situation and evaluation of the future planform developments at Chandpur Town
 
Technical examinations are needed in order to advise on measures to be taken in order to avoid an economic and social disaster in the commercial and urban area of Chandpur town to prevent irreversible and major losses of agricultural land in the Chandpur Irrigation Project (CIP).
The specific objectives of the mission were as follows:
i. Analysis of critical trends in the erosion pattern around Chandpur identified by an update on recent changes in the shape (planform) of the Lower Meghna River,
ii. Assessment of the stability of the river bank along the Padma-Lower Meghna River system,
iii. Prediction of planform changes and bank erosion along the left bank of the Lower Meghna system,
iv. Identification of critical areas,
v. Assess the stability of the left bank along the Dakatia River.

The short-term and long-term and more general objective of the mission was the definition and implementation of an integrated approach to control river bank erosion in the Lower Meghna with the purpose to formulate an optimal plan for international donors and co-financiers (in particular with ADB) and the Netherlands in view of their expertise in river engineering.

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