Netrokona Correspondent
World Water Day 2025 was celebrated in Netrokona on the occasion of World Water Day on March 22 at the initiative of the private research organization Barcik in Chandradinga village on the border of Kalmakanda Upazila of the district. The theme of this year’s day is “Glacier Conservation.” Conserving natural water sources. Rallies, discussions, and awareness activities were organized to raise awareness about the water crisis of local residents and its sustainable solutions. 40 men, women, youth and children from the villages of Chandradinga, Baghber and Hatib were present at the time. Discussions were held at Parimal Rema’s house in Chandradinga village of Kalmakanda, and a human chain was formed on the banks of the river. In the discussion, indigenous woman Sabina Rema said, “We have to wait for hours near the mountain stream for a jug of drinking water.” “I have been suffering from this problem for 15 years. There is no water coming from any tubewell on the border and I have not found any solution to this water problem.” World Water Day is celebrated every year on March 22 to raise awareness and inspire action to address the water and sanitation crisis. Glaciers, mountain water tables, and snowmelt provide water for drinking, agriculture, and energy production for nearly two billion people. The day aims to raise awareness of the challenges posed by melting glaciers and to call on the global community to accelerate carbon emission reductions, implement local strategies to adapt to shrinking glaciers and the uncertainty of water flows, and conserve natural water sources. The amount of carbon in the atmosphere is increasing day by day as a result of human activities. he world is warming, the ice is melting. This beautiful world cannot sink because of human luxury. The country’s water resources are running out day by day. If we do not solve the water problem, our planet will become like another planet. The country’s rivers, haors, beels, canals, ponds, creeks, and all wetlands, including creeks, are empty for eight months of the year. Farmers are not getting surface water for irrigation, and the invisible water resources in the ground are slowly moving downward. People of all professions, including indigenous people in the border areas of the district, are facing a terrible water problem today.