text: Published: August 07, 2020 17:17:30 | Updated: August 08, 2020 09:53:26
  According to an official document, it would require implementation of a good number of new projects apart from development and maintenance of the existing infrastructures for accomplishing the Delta Plan 2100, reports UNB.
  To implement the Delta Plan, a 2.5 per cent of the Gross National Income (GNI) will be required till 2030. Currently, the expenditure in this sector is only 0.80 to 1.0 per cent, shows the document.
  According to the document, various types of natural calamities like flood, high tide, drought, cyclone and riverbank erosion are the close companions of Bangladesh due to its geographical position.
  In the Delta Plan, there are three higher levels of national goals and six specific goals.
  According to the Planning Ministry and Planning Commission, the Delta Plan divides the country into six hotspots on the basis of 33 types of risks due to climate change and unplanned urbanisation.
  Under the plan, an area of about 135,086 square kilometres, which is more than 91.5 per cent of the country's land area, encompasses the risk zones.
  According to Planning Ministry document, about 70 per cent of the areas in 16 districts, where the poverty rate is very high, are most vulnerable to natural disasters.