The Chittagong City Corporation on Wednesday celebrated the first anniversary of its current elected body of mayor and ward councillors.
The programme was held at the auditorium of Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh with the Chittagong mayor, M Manjurul Alam, in the chair.
Political and business leaders, engineers, journalists, academicians and other professionals attended the programme.
The organisers at the programme gave a power point presentation on the development activities undertaken by the present CCC body in last one year.
The mayor, informing that a series of projects were under implementation at the moment, hoped that after being fully carried out they would bring a real difference in the life of the city dwellers.
He also said that organising the ICC World Cup in the city was a major challenge for the CCC which it had successfully handled.
'The corporation also gave employment to 300 beggars with disabilities,' he informed.
'To bring the water stagnation in the city to a tolerable level we have re-excavated 65 canals and 302 drains to ensure free flow of water,' said the mayor, adding that the activity cost them around Tk 13 crore.
Former commerce minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, also a senior leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, suggested that the CCC update its website regularly to keep people abreast of its development undertakings.
Ali Ashraf said that the CCC should immediately undertake efforts to ease the growing traffic congestion in the city and dig new canals and drains to improve the drainage system.
'The corporation should also take stern measures to prevent illegal hill cutting,' said Mohammad Harun, Chittagong unit president of Institute of Engineers.
Parvin Akhter Chowdhury demanded buses for women in the city while journalist Mostafa Noyeem urged the corporation to take initiatives to improve the public transport system for the city commuters.
Moderated by CCC secretary Shamsuddoha the programme was attended, among others, by former minister Jafrul Islam Chowdhury, lawmaker Nurul Islam, former lawmaker Majharul Haque Shah, International Islamic University vice-chancellor Mahbubullah, Delwar Hossain Majumder, Mohammad Harun, Chitta-gong unit general secretary of the Communist Party of Bangladesh Shah Alam, journalists Jahangir Alam and Mahfujul Haque Shah.
Mohammad Manjurul Alam won the mayoral election, held on June 17, 2010, by a landslide while 41 ward councillors and 14 female ward councillors in reserved seats were also elected.
Source : New Age
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