<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said River Teesta's flow has doubled this year compared to past&nbsp; seasons due to the excessive heat that led to ice melting in the Himalayas.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Himalayan ice is melting due to this scorching heat. As a result Teesta River has double water flow this year comparing to the past times,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She made the remarks while delivering introductory speech in the AL Central Working Committee (ALCWC) meeting at her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;Hasina said that all the rivers that originate from the Himalaya are having comparatively more water this year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“Because of ice melting rivers are having higher water level. That is a bit of silver line for us. This will ensure better irrigation for us,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She said that the paddy harvesting is going on in Haor areas, it is about to finish and the country is going to have a bumper production from there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">“But drought hit in some areas as there is scarcity of water there. We are arranging irrigation for those areas,” she said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In this connection she mentioned that the government provides subsidy to&nbsp; electricity used for irrigation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She also mentioned that heatwaves not only swept over Bangladesh, rather it has hit&nbsp; whole of South Asia and South East Asia, reports unb</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She said that in her just concluded Thailand tour she also experienced excessive heat there.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She urged all to go for plantation in the coming rainy season. She mentioned that through Krishak League, Awami League each year plants huge number of saplings across the country.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The prime minister also urged all to remain safe, stay under shadow and drink huge water.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>