, April 29 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday called upon MPs to raise public awareness to help reduce waterlogging across the country, saying blocked drains, canals and other water channels worsen the problem particularly in urban areas.

"The problem in urban areas lies with big drains, lakes and canals. We use different things like plastic bottles and polythene. We are unintentionally blocking these canals and beels (by dumping these things into the water channels)," he said.

The Prime Minister made the remarks at Parliament after treasury bench lawmaker Sayeed Al Noman (Chattogram-10) on a point of order raised the issue of waterlogging and public suffering in Chattogram city.

Pointing at the lawmaker, Tarique Rahman said...