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DHAKA, Aug 17, 2025 (BSS) - The Engineering Core of Bangladesh Army will start re-digging of 81.5 kilometers of five rivers at the southern part of Jashore district by next month to solve the long standing Bhabodah water logging problem.

“A team of the Army engineering core led by a Lieutenant Colonel has already arrived in Jashore and will start visiting the project sites from tomorrow,” Polash Kumar Benarjee, Executive Engineer (Ex-En) of the Water Development Board (WDB), Jashore zone told BSS today.

The army is supposed to complete the re-digging project at a cost of Taka 140 crore by June 2026 but if it is not possible due to technical reasons it must be completed within June 2027, Polash Kumar said.

They will re-dig 7 kilometers of Teka River at the upstream, 20-kilometers of Hari and Teligati rivers at the up and down streams, one kilometer of Sri River adjacent to Bhabodah sluice gates and 35 kilometers of Harihar River, he added.

Replying to a question regarding the re-digging of Mukteshwari River, the main river, releases the stagnant water of Bhabodah area, the Ex-En said necessary re-digging of the river would be carried out after completing a survey that is conducting by the Institute of Water Modelling (IWM).

Over 10 lakh people of Manirampur, Keshabpur and Avaynagar upazilas of Jashore district and Fultola and Dumuria upazilas of Khulna district have been facing immense water logging problem due to malfunction of Bhabodah sluice gates and siltation of river beds at up and down streams of Bhabodah since last four decades.