Development is essential for every society. It is a
continuous process of progress for better changes, development or evolution.
But the discourse of development is quite different from that. When a specific
development concept or project implement in a certain geographic region
neglected by local ecological or cultural characteristics, then it may react
negatively. In the article will try to criticize two development projects
through the scarcity of drinking water. One is a coastal embankment project
(known as Polder) implemented by East-Pakistan govt. In 1960s (Special focus on
Zellekhali, Assasuni, Satkhira District). Another is TRM (Tidal River
Management) project in Vabodaha, Jessore district. These two projects
had much weakness in policy & implementation level. When a particular
project implemented in a particular region by ignoring indigenous voices as
well as culture. Then the local ecology gives many negative feedbacks (Marvin
Harris,). Scarcity of drinking water is one of that negative feedback.
Similarly, to solve or decreasing scarcity of
drinking water, a lot of projects had been taken in Gabura, Satkhira.
But most of them are not sustainable & had much problem with field level
implementation. The main problems are participation, communication, ownership,
management etc.
The Scarcity of drinking water impacts on study
people’s culture and society. It creates a serious threat to their existence.
They try to cope with the problem and making new adaptation strategy. For this
reason their society and cultural element (Livelihood & settlement patterns
etc.) are changing. If we understand & analyze the relation between
scarcity of drinking water (natural element) & development project
(culture), it will provide guidelines for future action.
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