BSS, Rajshahi :
Infrastructure development has been contributing a lot towards boosting income and reducing poverty of the rural population particularly women in the region.
Officials of the concerned departments said development of upazila and union road, bridge and culvert, rural market, sanitary latrine, tube-well installation and tree plantation are very important for improving living and livelihood condition of the grassroots population.
To attain the cherished goal, Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has implemented a mega project in this region.
More than 282 schemes were implemented in 31 upazilas in Rajshahi, Natore, Naogaon and Chapinwabganj districts under the project recently.
The seven-year project has been implemented involving around Taka 208.76 crore with the main thrust of attaining a sustainable economic growth and rural development through improving need-based infrastructure.
Additional chief engineer of LGED Abdul Maleque Sarker told BSS that more than 69.51-kilometer upazila roads and 228.03-kilometer union roads alongside 1109.85-meter bridges and culverts were constructed for overall improvement of the transport network of the rural area.
A total of 31 rural markets were improved to create short and long -term employment opportunity, socioeconomic development and poverty alleviation.
Participation of beneficiaries including women and local government institutions in planning, implementation and maintenance activities of the project were intensified.
Community people were imparted training on campaigning and awareness building on health and nutrition. Through road maintenance, interests of the beneficiary market laborers group and women market traders along with poor women traders are being protected.
The project has also strengthened the institutional capacities and skills of project beneficiaries, local government institutions in planning and implementing programmes.
Roadside tree plantation activities on the 158.50-kilometer improved roads have been implemented successfully.
Tubewell and sanitary latrines were provided to more than 7,120 poor and marginalized households for livelihood and pro-poor institutional development. Thereby, the outbreak of water-borne diseases is likely to be decreased. Safe-drinking water supply infrastructure has started addressing the existing water-stress challenge.
The project is working for capacity building and institutional development through providing training to the union parishad representatives, LGED officials and community groups.
Engineer Maleque Sarker said implementation of these schemes in fact further strengthened the overall activities of local government bodies and rural markets at the grassroots level.
As a whole, the project contributes enormously to raising standard of living in the remote villages, said Abdul Mazid, mayor of Kakonhat Pourasava in Godagari Upazila.
Safe poultry production an must to protect public health
Experts at a workshop here have observed that production of safe poultry birds is an urgent to protect public health from various infectious and chronic diseases. They urged all stakeholders concerned to work together to ensure safe poultry production.
Poultry farmers, hatchery owners, poultry bird sellers, feed meal manufacturers and sellers and other concerned should play their due role to attain the cherished goal, the experts said.
The daylong workshop on food safety in poultry sector was arranged at Barnoi Seminar Hall of Paba Upazila Parishad Complex in the district yesterday.
Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) organised the participatory workshop in association with a project titled ‘Food Safety Governance in Poultry Sector in Bangladesh’.
Deputy director of Department of Environment (DoE) Mamunur Rahman, BSTI senior assistant director Ashlam Sheikh, local unit CAB president Kazi Nazmul Islam, Nawhata Pourasava panel mayor Tazma Islam Parul and Baya Market Committee president Abdur Razzaque, among others, spoke at the workshop with upazila nirbahi officer Zahid Newaj in the chair.
During his presentations, CAB field coordinator Omor D Costa and field officer Mofidul Islam highlighted various aspects of marketing safe poultry birds.
Infrastructure development has been contributing a lot towards boosting income and reducing poverty of the rural population particularly women in the region.
Officials of the concerned departments said development of upazila and union road, bridge and culvert, rural market, sanitary latrine, tube-well installation and tree plantation are very important for improving living and livelihood condition of the grassroots population.
To attain the cherished goal, Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has implemented a mega project in this region.
More than 282 schemes were implemented in 31 upazilas in Rajshahi, Natore, Naogaon and Chapinwabganj districts under the project recently.
The seven-year project has been implemented involving around Taka 208.76 crore with the main thrust of attaining a sustainable economic growth and rural development through improving need-based infrastructure.
Additional chief engineer of LGED Abdul Maleque Sarker told BSS that more than 69.51-kilometer upazila roads and 228.03-kilometer union roads alongside 1109.85-meter bridges and culverts were constructed for overall improvement of the transport network of the rural area.
A total of 31 rural markets were improved to create short and long -term employment opportunity, socioeconomic development and poverty alleviation.
Participation of beneficiaries including women and local government institutions in planning, implementation and maintenance activities of the project were intensified.
Community people were imparted training on campaigning and awareness building on health and nutrition. Through road maintenance, interests of the beneficiary market laborers group and women market traders along with poor women traders are being protected.
The project has also strengthened the institutional capacities and skills of project beneficiaries, local government institutions in planning and implementing programmes.
Roadside tree plantation activities on the 158.50-kilometer improved roads have been implemented successfully.
Tubewell and sanitary latrines were provided to more than 7,120 poor and marginalized households for livelihood and pro-poor institutional development. Thereby, the outbreak of water-borne diseases is likely to be decreased. Safe-drinking water supply infrastructure has started addressing the existing water-stress challenge.
The project is working for capacity building and institutional development through providing training to the union parishad representatives, LGED officials and community groups.
Engineer Maleque Sarker said implementation of these schemes in fact further strengthened the overall activities of local government bodies and rural markets at the grassroots level.
As a whole, the project contributes enormously to raising standard of living in the remote villages, said Abdul Mazid, mayor of Kakonhat Pourasava in Godagari Upazila.
Safe poultry production an must to protect public health
Experts at a workshop here have observed that production of safe poultry birds is an urgent to protect public health from various infectious and chronic diseases. They urged all stakeholders concerned to work together to ensure safe poultry production.
Poultry farmers, hatchery owners, poultry bird sellers, feed meal manufacturers and sellers and other concerned should play their due role to attain the cherished goal, the experts said.
The daylong workshop on food safety in poultry sector was arranged at Barnoi Seminar Hall of Paba Upazila Parishad Complex in the district yesterday.
Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) organised the participatory workshop in association with a project titled ‘Food Safety Governance in Poultry Sector in Bangladesh’.
Deputy director of Department of Environment (DoE) Mamunur Rahman, BSTI senior assistant director Ashlam Sheikh, local unit CAB president Kazi Nazmul Islam, Nawhata Pourasava panel mayor Tazma Islam Parul and Baya Market Committee president Abdur Razzaque, among others, spoke at the workshop with upazila nirbahi officer Zahid Newaj in the chair.
During his presentations, CAB field coordinator Omor D Costa and field officer Mofidul Islam highlighted various aspects of marketing safe poultry birds.
