BSS, Rangpur :
Speakers at a discussion here expressed deep concern over increasing sound pollution in Rangpur saying the annoyance is becoming uncontrolled in the city city caused by indiscriminate use of hydraulic horns recently.
Most of the motorized vehicles are taking advantage of loopholes of the law while using hydraulic horns while negligence in execution of law has also emerged as a big concern, they said.
Non-government organization Self-help and Advancement Development Organisation (SHADO) organised the discussion on ‘Our Role in Controlling Hydraulic Horns’ at public library cum meeting center ‘Boibari’ in the city.
Speakers stressed on creating awareness among drivers and owners of the vehicles to control sound pollution to save public health and environment.
Akbar Hossain, President of Rangpur unit of ‘Sushashoner Janno Nagorik was in the chair while Additional Superintendent of Police Saifur Rahman Saif, Executive Director of SHADO Khondker Sarwar Jamil, environmental activists Principal Fakhrul Anam Benzu, Merajul Islam, Rezaul Karim Jiban and Kamruzzaman Badsha, took part in the discussion.
EIT enhancing skills to make youths self-reliant
Engineers Institute of Technology (EIT), Rangpur is enhancing skills of male and female youths free of costs, arranging jobs and paving their way to self-employment for attaining self-reliance.
Since its inception in 2007, the EIT, located at Robertsonganj area of the city, began its technical training program on four treads for unemployed youths after getting affiliation from Bangladesh Technical Education Board last year.
“We are providing three-month training to 125 youths in every batch on Masson, Tiles Fitting, Plumbing and Pipe Fitting and Electrical Installation and Maintenance Trades,” said Chairman of the institute AKM Nazmul Haque.
The training programme is being run and jobs being provided free of costs to youths on completion of their training on various trades under Skills for Employment Investment Programme (SEIP) of the Ministry of Finance.
“Under management of Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB), the SEIP is being implemented with financial assistance of the Ministry of Finance to produce skilled workforce and create their job opportunities,” he said.
The trainee youths are also getting Taka 10,800 in two phases during their three-month training course as government allowance.
The Job Placement Division of the EIT is contacting construction and electrical installation companies to search for their requirement of skilled workforce on these four trades for providing jobs to trained youths across the country.
“After getting training from the EIT, some male and female youths in groups are also launching their own enterprises or working as sub-contractors in the construction sector,” Haque said.
Centre-in-Charge of EIT at Rangpur Nazmul Alam said the government with other organisations is executing the SEIP project through the Ministry of Finance at 13 EITs across the country with only one at Rangpur in Rangpur division.
Speakers at a discussion here expressed deep concern over increasing sound pollution in Rangpur saying the annoyance is becoming uncontrolled in the city city caused by indiscriminate use of hydraulic horns recently.
Most of the motorized vehicles are taking advantage of loopholes of the law while using hydraulic horns while negligence in execution of law has also emerged as a big concern, they said.
Non-government organization Self-help and Advancement Development Organisation (SHADO) organised the discussion on ‘Our Role in Controlling Hydraulic Horns’ at public library cum meeting center ‘Boibari’ in the city.
Speakers stressed on creating awareness among drivers and owners of the vehicles to control sound pollution to save public health and environment.
Akbar Hossain, President of Rangpur unit of ‘Sushashoner Janno Nagorik was in the chair while Additional Superintendent of Police Saifur Rahman Saif, Executive Director of SHADO Khondker Sarwar Jamil, environmental activists Principal Fakhrul Anam Benzu, Merajul Islam, Rezaul Karim Jiban and Kamruzzaman Badsha, took part in the discussion.
EIT enhancing skills to make youths self-reliant
Engineers Institute of Technology (EIT), Rangpur is enhancing skills of male and female youths free of costs, arranging jobs and paving their way to self-employment for attaining self-reliance.
Since its inception in 2007, the EIT, located at Robertsonganj area of the city, began its technical training program on four treads for unemployed youths after getting affiliation from Bangladesh Technical Education Board last year.
“We are providing three-month training to 125 youths in every batch on Masson, Tiles Fitting, Plumbing and Pipe Fitting and Electrical Installation and Maintenance Trades,” said Chairman of the institute AKM Nazmul Haque.
The training programme is being run and jobs being provided free of costs to youths on completion of their training on various trades under Skills for Employment Investment Programme (SEIP) of the Ministry of Finance.
“Under management of Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB), the SEIP is being implemented with financial assistance of the Ministry of Finance to produce skilled workforce and create their job opportunities,” he said.
The trainee youths are also getting Taka 10,800 in two phases during their three-month training course as government allowance.
The Job Placement Division of the EIT is contacting construction and electrical installation companies to search for their requirement of skilled workforce on these four trades for providing jobs to trained youths across the country.
“After getting training from the EIT, some male and female youths in groups are also launching their own enterprises or working as sub-contractors in the construction sector,” Haque said.
Centre-in-Charge of EIT at Rangpur Nazmul Alam said the government with other organisations is executing the SEIP project through the Ministry of Finance at 13 EITs across the country with only one at Rangpur in Rangpur division.
