BSS, Rajshahi :
Poor and extreme poor people in the city need special allocation from the forthcoming annual budget of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) for improving their living and livelihood condition, speakers at a discussion said here Saturday.
They viewed the underprivileged and distressed people, especially in the slum areas suffer a lot due to various civic problems like communication, sanitation, safe drinking water, housing, primary education and food security. So, the RCC should take the responsibility of elevating them instead of depending upon the foreign aided project.
The observations came at a participatory workshop titled “Pre-budget Consultation for Increasing Pro-poor Allocation in 2015-16 Budget” held at the city bhaban conference hall.
Community Development Committee Federation and Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction Project (UPPRP) of RCC jointly organized the workshop in association with UNDP and UKaid and UNHabitat.
The seven-year UPPRP just concluded improving the living and livelihood condition of around three lakh poor and extreme poor people, especially women and girls, in the city.
Superintending Engineer of LGED Ali Ahmed addressed the workshop as resource person with Ajahar Ali, Chief Executive Officer of RCC, in the chair. Ward Councilors Mustaque Hossain Ratan, Abdul Hamid Sarker and Kamruzzaman and UPPRP town Member-secretary Engineer Nur Islam also spoke. Town Manager Mahbubul Alam moderated the discussion.
During his concept paper presentation, UPPRP Town Manager Mahbubul Alam told the meeting that the beneficiary communities identify and prioritise the environmental, social and economic challenges they face as well as the required actions to address them under the project.
Poor and extreme poor people in the city need special allocation from the forthcoming annual budget of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) for improving their living and livelihood condition, speakers at a discussion said here Saturday.
They viewed the underprivileged and distressed people, especially in the slum areas suffer a lot due to various civic problems like communication, sanitation, safe drinking water, housing, primary education and food security. So, the RCC should take the responsibility of elevating them instead of depending upon the foreign aided project.
The observations came at a participatory workshop titled “Pre-budget Consultation for Increasing Pro-poor Allocation in 2015-16 Budget” held at the city bhaban conference hall.
Community Development Committee Federation and Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction Project (UPPRP) of RCC jointly organized the workshop in association with UNDP and UKaid and UNHabitat.
The seven-year UPPRP just concluded improving the living and livelihood condition of around three lakh poor and extreme poor people, especially women and girls, in the city.
Superintending Engineer of LGED Ali Ahmed addressed the workshop as resource person with Ajahar Ali, Chief Executive Officer of RCC, in the chair. Ward Councilors Mustaque Hossain Ratan, Abdul Hamid Sarker and Kamruzzaman and UPPRP town Member-secretary Engineer Nur Islam also spoke. Town Manager Mahbubul Alam moderated the discussion.
During his concept paper presentation, UPPRP Town Manager Mahbubul Alam told the meeting that the beneficiary communities identify and prioritise the environmental, social and economic challenges they face as well as the required actions to address them under the project.
