Agency Name: | Ministry of Water Resources |
Native Name A: | পানি সম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয় |
Type: | Ministry |
Seal: | Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Bangladesh |
Headquarters: | Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka[1] |
Budget: | (2024-2025) |
Minister Type: | Advisor |
Minister1 Name: | Syeda Rizwana Hasan |
Chief2 Name: | Nazmul Ahsan |
Chief2 Position: | Secretary |
Website: | mowr.gov.bd |
The Ministry of Water Resources (bn|পানি সম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয়; Pāni sampada mantraṇālaẏa) is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, which formulates all kinds of policies, plans, strategies, guidelines and laws, rules, regulations, etc. for the development and management of water resources and the management and control of the departments under its jurisdiction.[2] This ministry prepares and implements development projects on flood control, irrigation and drainage, prevention of riverbank erosion, delta development, land reclamation, etc. through the construction of barrages, regulators, sluices, canals, embankments, rubber dams, flood control dams, coastal embankments and canals. Excavation-re-excavation provides services such as irrigation, flood control, flood prevention, river bank erosion prevention, land reclamation etc.