Asia-Pacific Water Forum

Water Champion Water Champion Hamidur Khan : Coping with the Worst of Floods

Flooding in Bangladesh is the result of a complex series of factors—from huge inflow of water from upstream catchment areas coinciding with heavy monsoon rainfall to congested drainage channels, or from major rivers converging inside Bangladesh to tides and storm surges in coastal areas.

Dr. Hamidur Rahman Khan believed that many of the water related problems in Bangladesh could be solved through regional cooperation among the countries, and re-evaluation of the prevailing method of preventing or reducing flood damages.
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