Salman places project arrange for Dohar, Nawabganj
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's private industry and investment adviser Salman F Rahman yesterday presented the original project plan of the ‘Kolakopa Civic District’ in the Nawabganj Upazila office. Beneath the project, the two upazilas of his constituency, Dohar and Nawabganj, will be made into model upazilas.
He named the project ‘Nagarnama-Bosobaser Vobissot (Living for future)’. He said, if the project was implemented, a four-lane road will be built and going to Nawabganj and Dohar from Dhaka would take just thirty minutes. He also spoke of reopening the old waterway from Dhaka to both of these upazilas.
He said, under this project, the upazilas will be further
developed economically and socially. Government officials and other officers could have new offices and persons of the region would get proper electricity, communication and other facilities.
The project is estimated to primarily cost Tk 350 crore. It will be implemented through the general public Private Partnership (PPP) authority, he said.
“The land for our project is all government land. So, we will not have any financial difficulty to implement the project,” said Rahman. He added that had not been a master plan but an initial plan used to take the consent of the people of his constituency.
Salman F Rahman said, if Nawabganj and Dohar were made into a model upazilas, other upazilas would follow suit.
Nasrul Hamid, state minister for power, energy and mineral resources, stressed the necessity for energy supply (electricity and gas) to implement this course of action. The state minister said the project would need to be implemented with proper planning and direction.
“We have to understand that we must provide a proper shape to our Sonar Bangla that the daddy of the country, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, had dreamt of. The villages should get all of the benefits and facilities of a city without learning to be a city,” he said.
The minister assured of power connection through a 20-inch gas pipeline and electricity substations in both of these upazilas.
Nasrul Hamid said, “We have to work keeping in mind the socio-economic issues of the persons of our country first and hope that, given proper direction and guidance, this project will be implemented by Salman Rahman.”
Bengal Institute’s director and architect Kazi Khalid Ashraf presented the project design.
Various business folks and cultural personalities of the upazila shared their views.
Later, Salman F Rahman donated 18 cows and 30 sewing machines to the poor in Joypara Bazar of Dohar upazila to lessen poverty.
Meanwhile, Rahman, who is also the MP of Dhaka-1, said that steps would be taken by the Fazlur Rahman Foundation (FRF) to lift persons out of poverty.
“Under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina, we will eradicate poverty rapidly. It is her definitive goal,” he said.
Later, he attended the final match of the Sheikh Rasel Memorial Football tournament.
Benazir Ahmed, MP of Dhaka-20, Mahabubur Rahman, chairman of Dhaka Zila Parishad, Noor Ali, chairman of Unique Group, Md Sazzad Hossaain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Dohar police station, and HM Salauddin Ahmed, UNO of Nababganj, Mostafa Kamal, OC of Nawabganj Police Station, Nasir Uddin Jhilu, Upazila chairman and officials of different government were present.
Source: www.theindependentbd.com
