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Halda River: A Natural Fish Spawning Heritage of Bangladesh

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Description

The Halda River is one of the unique Natural Heritages of our country alike the Sundarbans and the Coxs Bazar beach. It is the only tidal river in the world from where fertilized eggs of carps are collected. But the real identity of this river is almost unknown to the people due to a stark lack in information and publicity. Besides, the river is currently facing threats of many kinds owing to the negligence of concerned authority, environmental pollution, effects of global warming in the form of salinity intrusion along with anthropogenic hazards like straightening of oxbow bend, illegal fishing of brood fish etc. We have developed the website to create mass awareness, to draw due attention of researchers, academicians, journalists and government in order to ensure the preservation of this river and its unique resources through the declaration of the Halda river as our “National Natural Fish Spawning Heritage.

What do we deliver

The site delivers the following contents to target groups 1. Information on the Halda river and its history 2. Information on the dependency of people on it 3. Information on the resources available from the Halda river, such as, fishes, water supply, recreation etc. 4. Information on the activities and livelihood options offered by the river 5. Information on the coverage of the river in the local and international media. 6. A platform for people interested in the issue of declaration of this river as a national heritage 7. Provide information to the researchers and co-ordination of a research group on this river Video and text documents available to us which address different aspects of this river.etc.

Why is the project unique?

Yes, it is a unique project, because the website is the first website in Bangladesh on a river and it is the first initiative to conserve such a natural heritage in our country through using ICT tools. Beside this the Halda River is also a unique river in Bangladesh under consideration of some extraordinary characters. We have already discussed the characters in the “long description point. My project is unique in the sense that it is my own individual fight to conserve the river through awareness creation. No such initiative, from government level or private sector or personal level, is evident so far on this river or other ailing rivers of Bangladesh.

Roadmap

Digital content can play an important role for development. It is very easy to retrieve targeted data or information from the digital information/ICT. Anyone can obtain information in any time and from any place of the world as they required. This can play vital role for the development in any sector. ICT is a tool which also speedup the development. This website can also used as a tool for development. Information provided by this website can also used by the people in aquaculture and help for the development in this sector. The website, right now, focuses mainly on the activities towards ensuring the conservation of the heritages of Halda River and creating mass awareness to push the policy makers in declaring the river as the National Natural Fish Spawning Heritage of Bangladesh. I am hopeful to achieve that target in the near future. Once we confirm the conservation of the Halda River, my plan is to expand the focus of my initiatives primarily to the conservation of other regional rivers like the Sangu river, the Karnaphully River, the Matamuhury river etc., and finally to all the rivers flowing through Bangladesh.

Contact

Md. Manzoorul Kibria

Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Chittagong

Chittagong, Bangladesh

433100

URL/Website – http://www.haldariver.org/

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