Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has directed to implement the ongoing development projects of the local government department in a fast, cost-effective and people-friendly manner.
Thursday (May 14) he gave this order in the speech of the chief guest at the progress review meeting of the various development projects under implementation by the local government department and the city corporation. The meeting was held in the meeting room of the local government department in the secretariat.
In the meeting, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the welfare of the people is the main goal of the development activities of the government and all concerned should give utmost importance to ensure that not a single rupee of people’s money is wasted.
He further said that every development project is taken up in the interest of the people and implemented at the expense of the people. Therefore, transparency, accountability and punctuality must be ensured in project implementation. At the same time the project cost should be kept at a reasonable level.
The minister said that as the image of the government is brightened through development activities, any kind of irregularity or negligence can tarnish the reputation of the entire ministry.
Therefore, he urged the concerned officers and project managers to be more responsible.
In the meeting, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s development project was completed within the stipulated time and also emphasized on adopting modern and sustainable plans to increase the quality of public services.
Secretary of Local Government Department. Senior officials of the ministry, representatives of various city corporations and project managers of development projects were present in the meeting held under the chairmanship of Shahidul Hasan.
In the meeting, the implementation progress of ongoing projects, cost management and future action plans were discussed in detail.
Source: Bass
