bangladesh is blessed with huge inland open water resources. it has numerous river canals, beels, lakes and vast areas of floodplains. hakaluki haor is one of the major wetlands of bangladesh. with a land area of 18,386 hectors, it supports a rich biodiversity and provides direct and indirect livelihood benefits to nearly 190,000 people. this haor was declared an ecologically critical area in april 1999 by the government of bangladesh. hakaluki is a complex ecosystem, containing more than 238 interconnecting beels and jalmahals. the most important beels are chatle, pinlarkona, dullasakua, barajalla, balijhuri, lamba, tekonia, haorkhal, tural, baghalkuri and chinaura. hakaluki haor is bounded by the kushiarariver as well as a part of the sonai-bardal river to the north, by the fenchuganj-kulaura railway to the west and to the south, and by the kulaurabeanibazar road to the east. the haor falls under two administrative districts, maulvubazar and sylhet. some 190,000 people live in the area surrounding the haor.

bangladesh is blessed with huge inland open water resources. it has numerous river canals, beels, lakes and vast areas of floodplains. hakaluki haor is one of the major wetlands of bangladesh. with a land area of 18,386 hectors, it supports a rich biodiversity and provides direct and indirect livelihood benefits to nearly 190,000 people. this haor was declared an ecologically critical area in april 1999 by the government of bangladesh. hakaluki is a complex ecosystem, containing more than 238 interconnecting beels and jalmahals. the most important beels are chatle, pinlarkona, dullasakua, barajalla, balijhuri, lamba, tekonia, haorkhal, tural, baghalkuri and chinaura. hakaluki haor is bounded by the kushiarariver as well as a part of the sonai-bardal river to the north, by the fenchuganj-kulaura railway to the west and to the south, and by the kulaurabeanibazar road to the east. the haor falls under two administrative districts, maulvubazar and sylhet. some 190,000 people live in the area surrounding the haor.