*The Unique Approaches to Water Management for Transforming Bangladesh's Drought-Prone… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.105840*

(BADC) in 1986 and, thus the development of the area was started. The project area included three districts: Rajshahi, Nagaon, and C. Nawabganj [20]. The major goal of the project was to boost crop production through the creation of irrigation facilities and to contribute to food security. However, due to administrative difficulties and a delay in the release of funds by BADC to the project authority, the project's progress was hampered. In 1992, Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) was established under the Ministry of Agriculture to address this issue and ensure the project's seamless operation. The government approved BIADP-II, and the BMDA successfully implemented it on time. In 2003, the Gov. handed over 1217 unused deep tube wells (DTW) from then north Bengal DTW project of the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) under Thakurgaon, Dinajpur, and Panchogar districts, recognizing the BMDA's achievement. Within a year, BMDA had successfully put all of the DTWs into operation [21]. Finally, in 2018, the Bangladesh government enacted an act that expanded the BMDA's jurisdiction to include all 16 districts of the Rajshahi and Rangpur Division. **Figure 1** depicts the sequential expansion of BMDA's jurisdiction.

The main goal of BMDA is to turn its land into a granary by creating irrigation facilities. So, the aim of this study is to discuss the water resources development and management activities of BMDA and evaluate them.

### **Figure 1.**

*The map of the sequential expansion of BMDA's jurisdiction into 16 districts of Rajshahi and Rangur division of Bangladesh.*
