Barind Multipurpose
Development Authority (BMDA)
To
retain the environmental balance and
to check the desertification of the
Barind region, the government in 1985
had taken the Barind Integrated Area
Development Project (BIADP) later
renamed as Barind Multipurpose Development
Authority (BMDA)
in Rajshahi, Naogaon and Nawabganj
districts. Before
the project activities started in
the region, Barind
Tract was the most unfavourable agricultural
section of the country with rainfed
local T. Aman as the dominant crop.
The ensured supply of DTW irrigation
has fundamentally changed the agricultural
scenario in the Barind. In place of
single crop, now multiple crops are
grown with higher agro-economic productivity.
This transformation to multiple cropping
has resulted in productive cropping
patterns and increased cropping intensities.
Construction of cross-dams, water
control structures, re-excavation
of canals and ponds have contributed
to improve surface water augmentation.
This is reflected in satisfactory
command area development, ecological
balance and pisciculture. Due to the
lack of good road network, the slow
moving bullock cart was the main transport
used for carrying goods and passengers.
Construction of feeder and rural roads
has changed the status of rural livelihood
through uplift of rural economy by
BMDA.
WHAT IS BARIND
TRACT
The part of greater Rajshahi, Dinajpur,
rangpur and bogra district of Bangladesh
and the Indian territorial Maldah
District of West Bengal is geografically
identified as barind Tract. The hard
red soil of these areas are very significant
in comparison to that of other parts
of the countries.
The Rajshahi Barind Tract is located
in between 24 degree 23 minute to
25 degree 15 minute north latitude
and 88 degree 2 minute to 88 degree
57 minute east latitude. A typical
dry climate with comparatively high
temperature prevails in Barind area
except for the wet season beginning
from mid June to October.
Rainfall in the area
varies from about 1500mm to 2000mm.
Temperature ranges from 8 degree Celsius
to 44 degree Celcius. The total cultivable
area being 1.44 million acres, out
of which 34% is loamy, 10% Sandy,
49% is clayed and 7% others. Out of
the total cultivable land, 84% are
single cropped, 13% are double cropped
and the rest are triple cropped. The
cropping intensity was 117%.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
CONDITION
The Rajshahi Barind Tract was much
flourished and the Socio-economic
activities were much better in comparison
to the other part of the country before
1947. In that time the area was well
communicated to Calcutta, the capital
city west Bengal, now in India. Trade
and commerce was much dependent on
Calcutta and this Region was the honterland
of Calcutta port. After partition
of India communication, trade and
commerce of this region with Calcutta
was ceased totally and all the socio-economic
activities almost came to hault. As
there was no well road linkage to
the other part of the country, even
to capital city Dhak; no effort could
make any development or any upliftment
of the socio-economic structure of
this region. As days passed , this
tract of land had fallen behind in
all phases of development and economic
activities could not be generated
much. Furtheer, the latest development
in industrialization within the country
could not make any headway in this
region. As a result the standard of
living of the people of this region
came to a lower level compared to
that of of the other parts of the
country.In 1985 the Government approved
a project named Barind Integrated
Area Development Project under the
Bangladesh Agricultural Development
Corporation, whose detailed particular
is provided in the following pages.
In 1990 the project was declared complete
using only 26% of the fund allocated.
On completion of the project a review
was conducted and to speed up the
development project implementation
of the Barind area a separate authority
was created named Barind Multipurpose
Development Authority (BMDA) on 15
th January 1992 under the ministry
of Agriculture. The authority has
so far implemented 8(eight) development
projects.
Project Area
/ Target Audience
District |
Upazila |
| |
Rajshahi |
|
| |
Tanore. |
| |
Paba. |
| |
Mohonpur. |
| |
Bagmara. |
| |
Puthia. |
| |
Durgapur. |
| |
Carghat. |
| |
Bagha |
| |
Nawabgonj |
Bholahat. |
| |
Shibgonj. |
| |
Gomostapur. |
| |
Nachole. |
| |
Nawabgonj |
| |
Naogaon |
Badalgachi. |
| |
Porsha. |
| |
Dhamoirhat. |
| |
Sapahar. |
| |
Patnitola. |
| |
Niamatpur. |
| |
Mohadevpur. |
| |
Manda. |
| |
Naogaon. |
| |
Raninagar. |
| |
Atrai. |
Activities
