Engineer Md Sarwar Hossain, deputy chief engineer and project director of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), said that using solar irrigation pumps can save Tk 85 crore annually. Solar pumps will play a revolutionary role in producing versatile and low production costs in agriculture
He said this while presenting the keynote paper at the seminar titled "Possibilities and Challenges and Experiences of Irrigation through Solar Pumps", Department of Agricultural Engineering, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB).
The seminar titled Prospects and Challenges of Solar pump Irrigation in Bangladesh Experiences of BADC was held on Monday (5 August 2022) afternoon at the Council Hall of the Shahid Engineering Building of the IEB headquarters in Dhaka.
The president of IEB's agricultural department, Engineer Md. Under the chairmanship of Moazzem Hussain Bhuya and editor, Engineer Md. Former Vice-Chancellor and Emeritus Professor of Bangladesh Agricultural University (Bakribi) was present as the chief guest of the seminar moderated by Michabahuzzaman Chandan. M. A. Satta Mandal Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Department Engineer Mo Ayub Hossain was present as an honorable discussant in the seminar.
BADC Deputy Chief Engineer and Project Director Engineer Mo Sarwar Hossain presented the keynote at the seminar.
Engineer Mo Nurul Huda, President of IEB, Science and Technology Affairs Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League Engineer Mo Abdus Sabur, IEB (HRD) Vice President Engineer Mo Nuruzzaman and Member Director of BADC Engineer Dhirendra Chandra Debnath were present as special guests. IEB Honorary General Secretary Engineer Mo Shahadat Hossain (Shiblu) gave a welcome speech at the seminar.
Engineer Mo Shafiqul Islam Sheikh, Vice President of IEB thanked the participants of the seminar.
In the speech of the chief guest Dr. MA Sattar Mandal said, the opportunity to use water extracted from solar pumps for irrigation as well as for consumption and household purposes will be a blessing for Bangladesh. Through the expansion of this technology, it will be able to play a helpful role in saving electricity used for irrigation and other purposes. Solving the growing electricity demand of the country and solar based irrigation facilities in remote areas are very important in the current context of the country.
