C T Online Desk: Chittagong City Mayor Rezaul Karim Chy s commented that the communication system of Chittagong is being arranged to keep pace with population growth and increasing industrialization.
The mayor made this comment while inspecting the ongoing development activities in North Agrabad, South Central Halishahar, Patenga and Gosaildanga wards of the city on Monday (September 11).
The leaders of the Karnaphuli Market Shop Owners Association of Ward No. 24 thanked Councilor Nazmul Haque Duke and Zaheda Begum Poppy and said that for the first time in the last 40 years after Mayor Rezaul took office, a project funded by CCC has been taken to build one of the deficient drainage systems in this market. As a result, the local people as well as the buyers and sellers of the market will benefit.
After that, the mayor came to know about the various demands and complaints of the residents while visiting the newly built Beparipara City Corporation Raw Market with the financing of Chasik.
Councilor Md. Morshed Ali and Ferdousi Akbar presented to the mayor the updated information of the various development activities going on in the Gosaildanga area and demanded the construction of a cemetery. Mayor Rezaul assured to take quick action in this regard.
During the inspection, the residents of South Central Halishahar under the leadership of Panel Mayor Afroza Kalam and Councilor Golam Mohammad Chowdhury said that a new sluice gate has been constructed on Maheshkhal to alleviate the waterlogging, but there is no sluice gate in the neighboring post office canal, so there is flooding in South Central Halishahar No. 38 and South Halishahar No. 39. For this reason, when the residents demanded the construction of a sluice gate at the post office along with the expansion of the drainage and dredging system, the mayor instructed the engineering department to look into the matter.
Residents of South Patenga Ward No. 41, led by local Wahidul Alam Chowdhury, told the mayor that paved roads have now been constructed in Patenga’s alleys.
Meanwhile, the mayor said that lighting will be provided in the new areas where roads have been built.
At this time, Chasik Additional Chief Engineer Munirul Huda, Supervising Engineer Biplab Dash, Executive Engineer Jasim Uddin, Ashiqul Islam, Anwar Jahan, Assistant Engineer Kamrul Hasan, Deputy Assistant Engineer Md. Ali etc.
