The Flood Action Plan in Bangladesh
1997
Peters, J.J.
In 1988, during the monsoon season, more than 60 per cent of the area of Bangladesh were inundated; the previous year, 40 per cent had been subject to flooding. This country is frequently affected by the floods in the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna delta that forms the major part of its area. In June 1989, the World Bank responded to the request of Bangladesh to coordinate the various efforts that were initiated by different countries to mitigate the effects of the floods; this has been the origin of the Flood Action Plan (called FAP). There was full agreement that any measure to mitigate flooding required a thorough and detailed study. During a five-year Action Plan (1990-1995) a long-term flood control programme would be formulated. At a donor meeting in London, on December 29, 1989, the financial involvement in performing the twenty-six FAP studies was estimated at about US dollars 146 million. In November 1995, the outcome of the Flood Action Plan studies was analysed in the fourth FAP conference held in Dhaka. The strategy for the next phase (1995-2000) was presented. It was clearly influenced by a change in opinion about possibilities for flood control, an issue on which individuals and organizations had emitted strong criticism (one by the Greens at the European Parliament). The author adviser to the Flood Plan Coordination Organization of Bangladesh for one of the FAP projects, the River Survey Project FAP 24 - attempts a broad analysis of our present understanding of the flood problem and presents some ideas for future actions.
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