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| DHV wins contract for Meghna estuary development  The extreme forces of nature - tropical cyclones, storm surges, floods, extremely high river flows - cause severe problems in the area, and have led to the loss of thousands of lives and much property." title="DHV wins contract for Meghna estuary development">The Government of Bangladesh has awarded a DHV-led consortium a US$3.9 million consultancy contract for the Estuary Development Program. The project's main objective is to increase the physical safety of the people living in the Meghna estuary. The Meghna estuary, which covers 6,000 km˛, is one of the world's largest: the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers all flow through it before discharging their waters into the Bay of Bengal.The extreme forces of nature - tropical cyclones, storm surges, floods, extremely high river flows - cause severe problems in the area, and have led to the loss of thousands of lives and much property. The Estuary Development Program (EDP), financed by the Government of the Netherlands, is a 4-year program, which aims at: mitigating natural disasters; improving natural resource management; and creating opportunities for sustainable development. The EDP will form the planning framework for the long-term development activities of various coastal zone programs, many of which deal with livelihood development on a local scale. The DHV-led consortium will be responsible for the masterplan for the development of the Meghna estuary. The EDP requires the continuous updating of hydro-morphological knowledge of the rapidly changing estuary. The consortium will manage extensive surveys of the estuary, and analyze its morphological development using mathematical modeling and remote sensing. For specific locations, DHV and its consortium partners will identify, design and implement suitable initiatives - such as cross-dams and erosion control works - in the form of pilot projects. The consortium includes Royal Haskoning (the Netherlands) and four associated Bangladesh companies. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |