Ministry of Water Resources (Bangladesh)

Ministry of Water Resources
পানি সম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয়
Ministry overview
Formed12 January 1972; 52 years ago (12 January 1972)
JurisdictionGovernment of Bangladesh
HeadquartersBangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka[1]
Annual budget11194 crore (US$940 million) (2024-2025)
Advisor responsible
Ministry executives
Websitemowr.gov.bd

The Ministry of Water Resources (Bengali: 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.

  1. ^ "List of Ministries and Divisions". cabinet.gov.bd.
  2. ^ "Ministry of Water Resources". mowr.gov.bd.