308 rivers lose navigability in country: State Minister

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury has said that some 308 rivers have lost navigability in the country.

The state minister told this to Jatiya Sangsad while responding to a question of the ruling party MP elected from Chattogram-11 on Tuesday.

Among those rivers, 85 are in Dhaka division, 71 in Rangpur division, 18 in Rajshahi division, 11 in Chattogram division, 10 in Sylhet division, 26 in Mymensingh division and 87 in Khulna division.

He said that according to the information of the River Commission, the total number of rivers in Bangladesh is 1008.

According to the District Administration and Water Development Board, there are 931 flowing rivers in Bangladesh, Khalid Mahmud said.