BSS, Gaibandha :
Speakers at a meeting here on Tuesday underlined the importance of strengthening the local government institutions for the sake of institutionalization of democracy.
“An emphasis should also be given to taking necessary measures for ensuring transparency and accountability side by side with establishing good governance by involving the people in local government bodies,” they said.
They made the comments while addressing a district half-yearly coordination meeting of Second Local Governance Support Project (LGSP-2) in the conference room of the district Collectorate Building here.
Local government section of the deputy commissioner (DC) office here arranged the meeting with DC M. Ehsan-e-Elahi in the chair while deputy director (DD) of the section M. Moklesur Rahman was the moderator.
The meeting was also addressed, among others, by DD of department of agriculture extension AKM Ruhul Amin, DD of department of family planning Dewan Morshed Kamal, district livestock officer Abdul Latif, acting Sadar Upazila Chairman Rashida Begum and Sadar UNO Ashraful Momin Khan.
Terming the grassroots institutions as a symbol of hopes and aspirations of the rural people, the speakers said the nation could not be reached to its cherished goal of success by keeping the grassroots institutions neglected.
M. Ehsan-e-Elahi in his speeches said the government has put maximum emphasis on empowering the local government body so that it could be turned into a focal point of all development activities and public service providers at grassroots level.
Earlier, district facilitator Arun Darshi Chakma presented the objectives of the project and its ongoing development work in the 82 unions under seven upazilas of the district through multimedia projector.
Almost all the district level officials, upazila chairmen, union parishad chairman, social workers, NGO activists and journalists attended the meeting.
PPR week being observed : PPR (Pests des petits ruminants) week is being observed in all the seven upazilas of the district from Sunday for the first time in a bid to prevent this disease.
District livestock officer Dr. M. Abdul Latif said PPR disease is a contagious viral disease of goat less commonly sheep and almost all aged of goat may get infected by this disease which generally spreads through air, feed, water etc.
Fever, anorexia, depression, nasal and ocular discharges, difficult respiration, lips and tongue resulting in salivation, erosions on the nasal mucosa and finally diarrhea are the symptoms of the PPR disease, he explained. Every year thousands of goat die through this disease affecting goat production and economy very much in the country, he said adding that the mortality rate of PPR disease is very high, about 90 percent.
Applying combined treatment method and antibiotic may be effective for PPR disease. In this method destroy the germ of PPR together, the DLO added.
Speakers at a meeting here on Tuesday underlined the importance of strengthening the local government institutions for the sake of institutionalization of democracy.
“An emphasis should also be given to taking necessary measures for ensuring transparency and accountability side by side with establishing good governance by involving the people in local government bodies,” they said.
They made the comments while addressing a district half-yearly coordination meeting of Second Local Governance Support Project (LGSP-2) in the conference room of the district Collectorate Building here.
Local government section of the deputy commissioner (DC) office here arranged the meeting with DC M. Ehsan-e-Elahi in the chair while deputy director (DD) of the section M. Moklesur Rahman was the moderator.
The meeting was also addressed, among others, by DD of department of agriculture extension AKM Ruhul Amin, DD of department of family planning Dewan Morshed Kamal, district livestock officer Abdul Latif, acting Sadar Upazila Chairman Rashida Begum and Sadar UNO Ashraful Momin Khan.
Terming the grassroots institutions as a symbol of hopes and aspirations of the rural people, the speakers said the nation could not be reached to its cherished goal of success by keeping the grassroots institutions neglected.
M. Ehsan-e-Elahi in his speeches said the government has put maximum emphasis on empowering the local government body so that it could be turned into a focal point of all development activities and public service providers at grassroots level.
Earlier, district facilitator Arun Darshi Chakma presented the objectives of the project and its ongoing development work in the 82 unions under seven upazilas of the district through multimedia projector.
Almost all the district level officials, upazila chairmen, union parishad chairman, social workers, NGO activists and journalists attended the meeting.
PPR week being observed : PPR (Pests des petits ruminants) week is being observed in all the seven upazilas of the district from Sunday for the first time in a bid to prevent this disease.
District livestock officer Dr. M. Abdul Latif said PPR disease is a contagious viral disease of goat less commonly sheep and almost all aged of goat may get infected by this disease which generally spreads through air, feed, water etc.
Fever, anorexia, depression, nasal and ocular discharges, difficult respiration, lips and tongue resulting in salivation, erosions on the nasal mucosa and finally diarrhea are the symptoms of the PPR disease, he explained. Every year thousands of goat die through this disease affecting goat production and economy very much in the country, he said adding that the mortality rate of PPR disease is very high, about 90 percent.
Applying combined treatment method and antibiotic may be effective for PPR disease. In this method destroy the germ of PPR together, the DLO added.
