8.10 Dredging Activities by IWTA and Bwdb
| 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | ||||
| Dredging activities | IWTA | BWDB | IWTA | BWDB | IWTA | BWDB |
| Number of dredgers | 8 | 27 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 26 |
| Quantity dredged (Million cft) | ||||||
| Total | 104.76 | 65.20 | 126.00 | 88.60 | 1160.00 | 93.56 |
| (a) Public | 104.76 | 59.30 | 120.00 | 67.00 | 990.00 | 54.43 |
| (b) Private | - | 13.9 | 6.00 | 21.60 | 170.00 | 39.13 |
| Total Cost in (Million Tk.) | 118.60 | 161.60 | 145.60 | 213.20 | 1570.00 | 230.04 |
| Per cft Cost in Taka | 1.13 | 2.47 | 1.16 | 2.40 | 1.35 | 2.46 |
| Note : The Ports of Chittagong and Mongla do not own any dredger; they hire dredger from IWTA of BWDB `in time of needs. | ||||||
| Source : IWTA & BWDB | ||||||