EU to build cyclone shelters in Ctg
Monday, 11 October 2010
Our Correspondent
CHITTAGONG, Oct 10: In a bid to save the save the coastal people the European Union has offered to construct at least 50 multi-storied cyclone shelters in the natural disaster-prone areas in the port city.
The EU has also decided to build eight peace homes in the city to rehabilitate the roving elderly citizens.
The proposals were made to city mayor M Manjur Alam when the EU Ambassador Stefan Frowein visited the Mayor's residence Thursday.
Stefan Frowein said Chittagong being the gateway of international trade of Bangladesh has a great importance in terms of export and import business, the biggest export processing zone and the seaport.
The mayor said millions of people of the port city become victims of the natural disasters every year due to upsurge of water during the rainy season.
He said some cyclone centres were constructed in the city with the fund from Saudi Arabia following the 1991-cyclone but those few centres could not save many cyclone-affected people during the later disasters.
The EU embassy's Attache Miss Diane Lambarg, CEO of the city corporation Manjur-e-Elahi, acting secretary Mominur Rashid Amin among others were present on the occasion.
CHITTAGONG, Oct 10: In a bid to save the save the coastal people the European Union has offered to construct at least 50 multi-storied cyclone shelters in the natural disaster-prone areas in the port city.
The EU has also decided to build eight peace homes in the city to rehabilitate the roving elderly citizens.
The proposals were made to city mayor M Manjur Alam when the EU Ambassador Stefan Frowein visited the Mayor's residence Thursday.
Stefan Frowein said Chittagong being the gateway of international trade of Bangladesh has a great importance in terms of export and import business, the biggest export processing zone and the seaport.
The mayor said millions of people of the port city become victims of the natural disasters every year due to upsurge of water during the rainy season.
He said some cyclone centres were constructed in the city with the fund from Saudi Arabia following the 1991-cyclone but those few centres could not save many cyclone-affected people during the later disasters.
The EU embassy's Attache Miss Diane Lambarg, CEO of the city corporation Manjur-e-Elahi, acting secretary Mominur Rashid Amin among others were present on the occasion.