The problems of severe drainage congestion and water
logging in the southwestern Bangladesh have been solved by an
innovative concept, Tidal River Management (TRM). TRM involves
the uniform raising of the land inside a tidal basin (beel) while
simultaneously maintaining the proper drainage capacity in the river.
The present practice of TRM is to link the river with the selected beel
by constructing a link canal at the entrance of which most of the
sedimentation takes place. This localized sedimentation also creates
drainage congestion and water logging making it unattractive to
landowners who participate in the program. In this paper a functional
sediment management plan is presented to get rid of this problem.