The shipping minister, Shajahan Khan, has said the government has taken initiative to dredge 36 rivers of the country to bring back the navigability for their existence and smooth movement of the water vehicles.
'The dredging work by the 15 dredgers has already begun in a few of the rivers and it is progressing fast. In near future, more dredgers will be purchased at the government and private initiatives and many rivers of the country will be brought under dredging work', he said.
The shipping minister said this while addressing a reception meeting organised by District Motor-Truck Workers Union at the central bus terminal of the town in Gaibandha Saturday night as the chief guest where local lawmaker Mahbub Ara Begum Gini was present as the special guest.
With president of DMTWU Abdul Karim in the chair, the function was also addressed, among others, by sadar upazila parishad chairman Abdur Rashid Sarker, Sadullpapur Upazila Parishad chairman Khademul Islam Khudi, Gaibandha municipal mayor M Shamsul Alam and general secretary Abu Hossain Abu while general secretary of Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation Osman Ali was the main speaker.
The minister also assured that he would take necessary steps to make the Balashighat under Fulchhari upazila in the district functional and active during the tenure of the government.
Terming the discussion the way of all problems' solution, he also urged the BNP to sit in a dialogue on caretaker government system by shunning all the anarchy and trouble creating activities like hartal, and torching of vehicles.
Source : New Age
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