Students of Department of Civil Engineering visited Water Resources Planning Organization

 

On 18 June 2019 (Tuesday) registered students of one of the regular courses of Department of Civil Engineering (CE 461: Irrigation and Flood Control) visited Water Resources Planning Organization (WARPO) to know about its various activities related to the water resources development and management of Bangladesh.

Director General of WARPO, Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Directors Bodrun Nahar and Md. Taufiqul Islam, Principal Scientific Officer Md. Rezaul Karim, Senior Scientific Officer Kazi Saidur Rahman along with all other high officials of different divisions of the organization greeted the visiting students and briefed them about the various national water development and management policies, plans and laws including recently developed integrated water resources management (IWRM) guidelines that aim to ensure IWRM implementation in all districts, upazila and unions of Bangladesh.

Students visited various labs, library, and data centers at WARPO and got the opportunity to ask relevant questions directly to the Director General of WARPO. DG WARPO showed interest to increase the cooperation between UAP CE and WARPO and encouraged to continue this kind of study visit in every academic semester.

Professor Muhammad Mizanur Rahaman, course teacher of CE 461, and Dr. Mahmudul Hasan, Assistant Professor accompanied along with the students during the visit.