Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Water Resources Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Development Board Master Plan of Haor Area Volume II Main Report April 2012 i | P a g e Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Water Resources Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Development Board Master Plan of Haor Area Volume II Main Report April2012 Master Plan of Haor Area Volumes 1 Volume I: Summary Report 2 Volume II: Main Report 3 Volume III: Project Portfolio 4 Annexes Annex 1: Water Resources Annex 2: Agriculture Annex 3: Fisheries Annex 4: Pearl Culture Annex 5: Livestock Annex 6: Forestry Annex 7: Biodiversity and Wetland Annex 8: Transportation Annex 9: Mineral Resources Annex 10: Health and Nutrition Annex 11: Industry Annex 12: Education Annex 13: Water Supply and Sanitation Annex 14: Social Services and Facilities Annex 15: Power and Energy Annex 16: Housing and Settlement Annex 17: Tourism Annex 18: Transboundary River Systems Annex 19: Climate Change Scenario Annex 20: Morphology Annex 21: Social Life and Livelihood Table of Contents Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................... i List of Figures ........................................................................................................................................ vii List of Tables .......................................................................................................................................... ix Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Goal and Objectives .............................................................................................................. 12 1.2.1 Goal ............................................................................................................................... 12 1.2.2 Objectives ...................................................................................................................... 12 Chapter 2 Planning Process ............................................................................................................... 13 2.1 Approach ............................................................................................................................... 13 2.2 Framework for Planning Process .......................................................................................... 14 2.3 Participatory Approach in the Planning Process ................................................................... 16 2.4 Types of Consultation and Stakeholders............................................................................... 16 2.4.1 Public Consultations ...................................................................................................... 16 2.4.2 Agency Consultations .................................................................................................... 19 2.4.3 Bi-lateral discussions ..................................................................................................... 19 2.5 Participatory Action Plan Development (PAPD) Process ...................................................... 19 Chapter 3 Problems and Issues .......................................................................................................... 21 3.1 Problem Identification .......................................................................................................... 21 3.2 Major Problems ..................................................................................................................... 23 3.2.1 Water Resources ........................................................................................................... 23 3.2.2 Agriculture ..................................................................................................................... 23 3.2.3 Fisheries ........................................................................................................................ 23 3.2.4 Pearl Culture ................................................................................................................. 24 3.2.5 Livestock ........................................................................................................................ 24 3.2.6 Forest ............................................................................................................................ 25 3.2.7 Education ...................................................................................................................... 25 3.2.8 Health ............................................................................................................................ 26 3.2.9 Water Supply and Sanitation ........................................................................................ 26 3.2.10 Transportation .............................................................................................................. 27 3.2.11 Housing and Settlement................................................................................................ 27 3.2.12 Industry ......................................................................................................................... 27 3.2.13 Energy and Power ......................................................................................................... 27 3.2.14 Mineral Resources ........................................................................................................ 28 3.2.15 Biodiversity and Wetland .............................................................................................. 28 3.2.16 Tourism ......................................................................................................................... 28 3.2.17 Social Services ............................................................................................................... 29 3.3 Prioritisation of Problems ..................................................................................................... 30 i | P a g e Table of Contents 3.4 Cross cutting issues ............................................................................................................... 40 Chapter 4 Review of Policies, Strategies and Plans ........................................................................... 41 4.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 41 4.2 Review of National Policies ................................................................................................... 41 4.3 Review of National Strategy .................................................................................................. 51 4.4 Review of Plans ..................................................................................................................... 53 4.5 Multilateral Environmental Agreements .............................................................................. 60 4.6 Policy Directives for the Master Plan .................................................................................... 62 Chapter 5 Context of the Plan ........................................................................................................... 63 5.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 63 5.2 Analytical Framework of the Plan ......................................................................................... 63 5.2.1 Definition of Haor ......................................................................................................... 63 5.2.2 Delineation of Haor areas ............................................................................................. 65 5.2.3 Identification of Development Area ............................................................................. 65 5.3 Physical Setting ..................................................................................................................... 66 5.3.1 Geology and topography............................................................................................... 66 5.3.2 Soil and Landuse ........................................................................................................... 68 5.3.3 Climate .......................................................................................................................... 73 5.3.4 River Morphology ......................................................................................................... 76 5.3.5 River System .................................................................................................................. 77 5.3.5.1 Transboundary River System ............................................................................................ 77 5.4 Human Resources ................................................................................................................. 81 5.4.1 Urbanisation .................................................................................................................. 81 5.4.2 Poverty incidence .......................................................................................................... 81 5.4.3 Employment status 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