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Ministry of Water Resources

Ministry · Minister: Md Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee

Water resources management, flood control, river management, and irrigation policy

FY2026-27 proposed: Tk 10,533 crore gross, AFS Statement 8 · Budget hub →

FY2025-26 budget: Tk 11,204 crore net, iBAS · different basis from the gross figure above

Q1 FY2025-26 actual spend: Tk 1,677 crore (15.0% of budget) · operating Tk 175 cr, development Tk 1,502 cr (iBAS Statement-02)

ADP delivery portfolio FY2025-26 (RADP)

Largest projects by allocation:

• লক্ষ্মীপুর জেলার রামগতি ও কমলনগর উপজেলাধীন বড়খেরী ও লুধুয়া বাজার এবং কাদের পন্ডিতের হাট এলাকা হতে ভাঙ্গন রক্ষাকল্পে মেঘনা নদীর তীর সংরক্ষণ প্রকল্প · Tk 1,000 cr alloc, 27.0% of cost spent
• ভোলা জেলার মুজিব নগর ও মনপুরায় উপকূলীয় বাঁধ পুনর্বাসন, নিস্কাশন ব্যবস্থার উন্নয়ন ও তীর সংরক্ষণ (১ম পর্যায়) (১ম সংশোধিত) · Tk 400 cr alloc, 47.0% of cost spent
• পদ্মা নদীর ভাঙ্গন হতে কুষ্টিয়া জেলার মিরপুর উপজেলাধীন তালবাড়িয়া এবং কুমারখালী উপজেলাধীন শিলাইদহ ইউনিয়নের কোমরকান্দি এলাকা রক্ষা| · Tk 400 cr alloc, 27.0% of cost spent
• বন্যা ব্যবস্থাপনা পুনর্গঠন জরুরী সহায়তা প্রকল্প (১ম সংশোধিত) · Tk 385 cr alloc, 46.0% of cost spent, foreign-aided
• শরীয়তপুর জেলার জাজিরা উপজেলার পদ্মা নদীর ডান তীরের ভাঙ্গন হতে মাঝিরঘাট জিরো পয়েন্ট এলাকা রক্ষা (১ম সংশোধিত) · Tk 383 cr alloc, 26.0% of cost spent
• তজুমদ্দিন ও লালমোহন উপজেলায় উপকূলীয় বাঁধ পুনর্বাসন, নিষ্কাশন ব্যবস্থার উন্নয়ন ও তীার সংরক্ষণ (১ম পর্যায়) প্রকল্প (১ম সংশোধিত) · Tk 350 cr alloc, 57.0% of cost spent

Source: Revised ADP FY2025-26, Planning Commission / IMED. Figures in crore taka.

Budget by division

Source: ibas_statement02 (FY2025-26, net basis)

Indicators

Tracked, awaiting data (86): adp_project_allocation_crore_bdt, adp_project_completion_rate_pct, autonomous_cost_recovery_rate_pct, autonomous_research_output_index, bbs_agristat2023_boro_rice_production_kmt, bmd_highest_24h_rainfall_recorded_mm, cag_mowr_audit_amount_involved_crore, dept_service_delivery_efficiency_pct, doe_buriganga_september_do_max, doe_halda_spawning_do_mean, doe_water_monitored_rivers_count, fiscal_budget_allocation_crore_bdt, fiscal_budget_execution_rate_pct, gov_audit_objections_settled_pct, gov_institutional_efficiency_score, imed_biwta_foreshore_bank_protection_constructed_m, imed_biwta_foreshore_earth_excavated_lakh_cum, imed_pfp_strip_maintenance_actual_km, imed_pfp_strip_tree_survival_rate_pct, mof_climate2027_infrastructure_pillar_cr_tk, mof_climate_budget_2027_mowr_allocation_cr, mof_climate_budget_infrastructure_theme_cr, mof_climate_budget_mowr_allocation_cr, mof_ssb2027_women_focused_total_cr_tk, plancomm_6fyp_sector_agri_water_outlay_sfyp_crore_tk, plancomm_bdp2100_cba_coastal_zone_capex_bdt_m, plancomm_bdp2100_cba_evaluated_projects_total_capex_bdt_m, plancomm_bdp2100_cba_ganges_barrage_capex_bdt_m, plancomm_bdp2100_cba_ganges_barrage_enpv_bdt_m, plancomm_bdp2100_cba_goal2_water_security_projects_count, plancomm_bdp2100_cba_rbip_capex_bdt_m, plancomm_bdp2100_cba_rbip_enpv_bdt_m, plancomm_bdp2100_disaster_inundation_limit_max_km, plancomm_bdp2100_disaster_salinity_potable_area_2012_sqkm, plancomm_bdp2100_disaster_surge_height_max_wind_m, plancomm_bdp2100_disaster_sylhet_flood_depth_deep_pct, plancomm_bdp2100_env_buriganga_min_do_mg_l, plancomm_bdp2100_env_meghna_do_mg_l, plancomm_bdp2100_env_turag_max_bod_mg_l, plancomm_bdp2100_gov_bdp_target_budget_fy30_gdp_pct, plancomm_bdp2100_gov_brahmaputra_catchment_sqkm, plancomm_bdp2100_gov_ganges_catchment_sqkm, plancomm_bdp2100_gov_gbm_basin_bd_pop_share_pct, plancomm_bdp2100_gov_gbm_basin_population_total_m, plancomm_bdp2100_gov_meghna_catchment_sqkm, plancomm_bdp2100_gov_water_adp_projects_count_fy14, plancomm_bdp2100_gov_water_adp_share_fy14_pct, plancomm_bdp2100_gw_climate_temp_rise_2100_annual_c, plancomm_bdp2100_gw_coastal_zone_area_sqkm, plancomm_bdp2100_gw_dtw_count_2013, plancomm_bdp2100_gw_max_river_salinity_kaikhali_ppt, plancomm_bdp2100_gw_salinity_ingress_36yr_growth_pct, plancomm_bdp2100_gw_salt_affected_soil_area_2009_ha, plancomm_bdp2100_gw_stw_count_2013, plancomm_bdp2100_gw_subsidence_rate_khulna_mm_year, plancomm_bdp2100_gw_subsidence_rate_patuakhali_mm_year, plancomm_bdp2100_land_estuary_net_accretion_1973_2010_sqkm, plancomm_bdp2100_land_estuary_net_accretion_rate_sqkm_yr, plancomm_bdp2100_land_nca_medium_highland_f1_pct, plancomm_bdp2100_land_poorly_drained_soil_pct, plancomm_bdp2100_renewable_water_resources_total_bcm, plancomm_bdp2100_rivers_hotspot_investment_billion_bdt, plancomm_bdp2100_strategy_coastal_hotspot_area_sqkm, plancomm_bdp2100_strategy_cyclone_max_surge_height_m, plancomm_bdp2100_strategy_delta_public_water_invest_fy31_pct, plancomm_bdp2100_strategy_haor_hotspot_area_sqkm, plancomm_bdp2100_strategy_sea_level_rise_max_inundation_pct, plancomm_bdp2100_strategy_severe_inundation_area_increase_pct, plancomm_bdp2100_strategy_total_hotspots_count, plancomm_bdp2100_transboundary_external_catchment_pct, plancomm_bdp2100_transboundary_external_inflow_bcm, plancomm_bdp2100_water_bwdb_total_area_ha, plancomm_bdp2100_water_bwdb_total_projects, plancomm_bdp2100_water_flood_medium_highland_f1_area_km2, plancomm_bdp2100_water_flood_total_vulnerable_area_km2, plancomm_bdp2100_water_ganges_net_erosion_ha, plancomm_bdp2100_water_irrigation_groundwater_share_pct, plancomm_bdp2100_water_jamuna_net_erosion_ha, plancomm_bdp2100_water_jamuna_peak_discharge_cumec, plancomm_bdp2100_water_padma_net_erosion_ha, plancomm_bdp2100_water_static_resources_total_mm3, plancomm_drr_6fyp_capital_expenditure_crore, plancomm_drr_6fyp_mowr_disaster_allocation_crore, plancomm_drr_6fyp_mowr_drr_projects_count, plancomm_maf_pec_evaluation_days, plancomm_saf_statutory_pec_evaluation_days

Crisis responsibilities

Hazards this body owns or monitors, overlaid with the live early-warning watch. A hazard without a badge has no calibrated live reading.

• River pollution monitors warning · 62
• Char erosion-accretion cycle owns
• Coastal erosion owns
• Flash flood (haor) owns
• Land subsidence owns
• Major delta avulsion owns
• River erosion owns
• Riverine flood owns
• Salinity intrusion owns
• Arsenic groundwater monitors
• Boro groundwater overuse monitors
• Drought monitors
• Sea-level rise monitors
• Storm surge monitors

Related research

• Coastal Vulnerability: Sea Level Rise, the Sundarbans, and Millions at Risk (related)
• Groundwater in Bangladesh: Depletion, Arsenic, and Sustainability (primary)
• River Erosion Monitor: Satellite Evidence and Human Cost (primary)
• Water & Wetland Health: Rivers, Haors, and Transboundary Risks (primary)

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Legal basis

• Bangladesh Water Development Board Act 2000 (2000) · administers · act
  Act VIII of 2000

Policy domains

Peer equivalent

Closest structural counterpart in a peer country: Ministry of Jal Shakti (India)