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Role of ICT to Meet the Local Demands of Information Services: A Case Study of Ghorjan and Rajapur Union, Sirajganj


Muzammel Haque1*, Abu Sharif Md. Mahbub-E-Kibria1, Shankor Paul3, and S M Saify Iqbal2


1Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh; 2Department of Geography and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh; and 3Department of Geography and Environment, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

*Correspondence: rubel.muzammel@gmail.com

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ABSTRACT

The study aims to analyze local needs/demands of information services in two Char-based Unions (i.e. Ghorjan and Rajapur) of Sirajganj district to address shortcomings of information requires for sustaining people’s lives and livelihood and contributing to the development of a Disaster Information Management System in Char-land areas of Bangladesh. It is a fact that a large section of Char communities is staying out of access to information at present due to their geographical isolation, lack of appropriate communication mechanisms, and initiatives - placing them in a difficult situation to survive. From this point of view, the focal theme of this study was the assessment of local needs/demands of information to develop “sustainable information communication and services mechanisms” by which the Char-land people get available access to such information. Based on this theme, the study adopted a participatory research approach to allow a cross-section of some selected stakeholders groups (farmer, fisherman, and migrant workers) along with Union Digital Center (UDC) and Char Digital Center (CDC) entrepreneurs, Union Parishad representatives, local NGOs, technical institutions, community volunteers, Government officials and community-based civil society organizations in selected Char-land areas to share their information needs and possible ways for channelizing it in long term perspectives and prioritize it in line with the people’s necessity and emergency, and finally tried to shape a framework for sustainable use of such information and communication services by using existing UDC, CDC, and community volunteers. 


Keywords: Local demands, Role of ICT, CDC, Case study, UDC, Sirajganj, and Information services.


Citation: Haque M, Mahbub-E-Kibria ASM, Paul S, and Iqbal SMS. (2021). Role of ICT to meet the local demands of information services: a case study of Ghorjan and Rajapur union, Sirajganj, Br. J. Arts Humanit., 3(1), 11-21. 

https://doi.org/10.34104/bjah.021011021


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