| ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
| ADP |
Annual Development Plan |
| ASCE |
American
Society of Civil Engineers |
| BADC |
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation |
| BARC |
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council |
| BBS |
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics |
| BIDS |
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies |
| BIWTA |
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority |
| BMD |
Bangladesh Meteorological Department |
| BPDB |
Bangladesh Power Development Board |
| BRE |
Brahmaputra Right Embankment |
| BUET |
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology |
| BWDB |
Bangladesh Water Development Board |
| CEP |
Coastal Environment Project |
| CIP |
Chandpur Irrigation Project |
| DMB |
Disaster Management Bureau |
| DOE |
Department of Environment |
| DPHE |
Department of Public Health |
| DSPEC |
Departmental Special Project Evaluation Committee |
| ECNEC |
Executive Committee of National Economic Council |
| EIA |
environmental impact assessment |
| EPWAPDA |
East Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority |
| ERD |
External Resources Division |
| ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FAP |
Flood Action Plan |
| FCD |
flood control and drainage |
| FCDI |
flood control, drainage and irrigation |
| FC projects |
flood control projects |
| FFWC |
Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre |
| FPA |
flood prone area |
| FPCO |
Flood Plan Coordination Organization |
| GBM |
Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna |
| HTSL |
Huntings Technical Services Ltd. |
| HYV |
high-yielding varieties |
| IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| IEE |
initial environmental examination |
| IEB |
Institute
of Engineers of Bangladesh |
| IFCDR |
Institute of Flood Control and Drainage Research |
| ISESCO |
Islamic
Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| ISPAN |
Irrigation
Support Project for Asia and the Near East |
| IUCN |
World
Conservation Union |
| LGED |
Local Government Engineering Department |
| MCA |
multi-criteria analysis |
| MOEF |
Ministry of Environment and Forest |
| MPO |
Master Plan Organization |
| NDMC |
National Disaster Management Council |
| NEMAP |
National Environment Management Plan |
| NGO |
non-government organization |
| NPVR |
net present value ratio |
| NWMP |
National Water Management Plan |
| NWP |
National Water Plan |
| ODA |
Overseas Development Administration |
| O&M |
operation and maintenance |
| PAP |
project affected persons |
| PC |
Planning Commission |
| PC |
Project Council |
| PCP |
project concept paper |
| RPP |
Revised Project Proforma |
| SOB |
Survey of Bangladesh |
| SPARRSO |
Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization |
| SPEC |
Special Project Evaluation Committee |
| SRDI |
Soil Resources Development Institute |
| SWMC |
Surface Water Modelling Centre |
| TA |
technical assistance |
| TAPP |
Technical Assistance Project Proforma |
| TNO |
Thana Nirbahi Officer |
| UNCRD |
United Nations Centre for Regional Development |
| WARPO |
Water Resources Planning Organization |
| WASA |
Water and Sewerage Authority |
| WFMS |
Water and Flood Management Strategy |
| WMCA |
Water Management Cooperative Association |
| WUG |
Water Users Group |
