Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Sa Ching Prue has sought cooperation from the Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Ministry to improve connectivity in remote hill areas while protecting the region’s environment and natural resources.
He made the request during a meeting with LGRD Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan at the Bangladesh Secretariat.
The two ministers discussed various issues of mutual interest and areas of cooperation between their ministries.
Referring to the government’s efforts to improve communication networks across the country, including the CHT, Sa Ching Prue said the Department of Public Health Engineering under the LGRD Ministry was playing an important role in ensuring safe drinking water for people in the hill areas.
He said many roads in remote parts of the CHT remained unpaved and earthen, causing serious difficulties for local people, particularly during the monsoon and rainy season.
“The people of the hill areas are extremely hardworking. I hope the people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts will always receive the necessary cooperation from the local government to facilitate their movement,” he said.
Welcoming the CHT minister’s initiative, Moyeen Khan said the LGRD Ministry and the CHT Affairs Ministry would work together to improve the living conditions of people in both the hilly and plain areas and accelerate the country’s overall economic growth.
