Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) organized a National Dissemination Seminar on Riverbank Erosion Monitoring and Prediction for Jamuna, the Ganges and the Padma Rivers held on 24 May 2017 at CIRDAP International Conference Centre. Professor Ainun Nishat, Professor Emeritus, C3ER, BRAC University chaired the technical session in the aforementioned seminar. CEGIS has been carrying out this study under BWDB project since from 2004.
The seminar mainly disseminated the erosion monitoring and prediction information for the year 2016 and 2017 respectively to the national level stakeholders, decision makers, water resources experts. Mr. Anisul Islam Mahmud, MP, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Water Resources and Mr. Muhammad Nazrul Islam, Bir Protik, Honorable State Minister, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh graced the occasion as Chief Guest and Guest of Honor respectively.