Study Tour of Civil Engineering Department, PCIU at Muhuri Irrigation Project and Mohamaya Rubber Dam

The Department of Civil Engineering of Port City International University organized a study tour and visited the Muhuri Irrigation Project and Mohamaya Rubber Dam on November 29, 2017. Students of Civil – 08 Batch (both Day and Evening program) along with several faculty members of the department took part in the tour. Muhuri Irrigation project which is situated in Feni district is one of the most important irrigation projects in Bangladesh. It collects water from three rivers namely Feni, Muhuri and Kalidas Pahalia and then distributes it to Feni Sadar, Chagalnaiya, Porshuram, Fulgazi, Shonagazi and few areas of Mirshorai sub-division for irrigation purposes during dry season and also to reduce the possibility of flood during rainy season.

There the students came across with the functioning of a Clouser dam of 3.411 km length which has a regulator consisting of 40 gates, 1100 low lift pumps and a windmill having four turbines for producing electricity for the internal use of the project area. Besides the students also visited Mohamaya Rubber Dam and acquired knowledge of different technical features such as stilling basin, spillways etc. and gained an understanding of the working procedure of a rubber dam from practical viewpoint. Finally the cheerful eagerness of the students for gaining practical knowledge about civil engineering works has made the study tour a fruitful event and thus ended with a hope that it will turn out to be very effective in developing better understanding regarding water resources engineering amongst students.