JS body for capacity building of Ctg port for neighbouring countries
Monday, 6 April 2009
CHITTGAONG, Apr 5 (BSS): The Public Undertakings Committee (PUC) of the Jatiya Sangsad Sunday emphasised on overall capacity building and modernisation of Chittagong Port to develop as an ideal regional transport hub so that it could provide services to the neighbouring countries in future in the backdrop of rapidly expanding regional trades.
"We asked the authorities to undertake necessary uplift schemes for the port keeping in mind that its capacity to be upgraded as an ideal transportation hub to keep pace with the time not only for handling domestic trade but also for the regional ones in the future," Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, MP, chairman of the committee told journalists emerging out from the meeting.
The committee at its second meeting on the country's prime seaport thoroughly reviewed the overall performance, states of current and future development plans of the establishments aiming at increasing its productivity, capacity building and turning it more user- friendly through ensuring accountability and transparency.
The meeting also gave emphasise on maintaining current trend of productivity level with ensuring a congenial working atmosphere and uphold the significant improvement the port witnessed following execution of drastic reform measures in past couple of years so that it would be able to deliver desired services to the users in this time of financial recession.
The meeting was held at Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) boardroom Sunday with committee president Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir MP in the chair.
The meeting was attended by committee members including Dr TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury MP, Md Khaledur Rahman Titu MP, Biren Sikder MP, Mainuddin Khan Badal MP, SK Abu Baker MP, Chittagong city mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, lawmaker from Bandar constituency and CCCI President M A Latif MP, representatives from various export-import trade related public bodies and senior officials of the CPA including its chairman Commodore RU Ahmed.
Sunday's meeting was follow-up one of first meeting of the committee on
Chittagong Port held at JS Bhaban on March 4 last, officials said.
"We asked the authorities to undertake necessary uplift schemes for the port keeping in mind that its capacity to be upgraded as an ideal transportation hub to keep pace with the time not only for handling domestic trade but also for the regional ones in the future," Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, MP, chairman of the committee told journalists emerging out from the meeting.
The committee at its second meeting on the country's prime seaport thoroughly reviewed the overall performance, states of current and future development plans of the establishments aiming at increasing its productivity, capacity building and turning it more user- friendly through ensuring accountability and transparency.
The meeting also gave emphasise on maintaining current trend of productivity level with ensuring a congenial working atmosphere and uphold the significant improvement the port witnessed following execution of drastic reform measures in past couple of years so that it would be able to deliver desired services to the users in this time of financial recession.
The meeting was held at Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) boardroom Sunday with committee president Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir MP in the chair.
The meeting was attended by committee members including Dr TIM Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury MP, Md Khaledur Rahman Titu MP, Biren Sikder MP, Mainuddin Khan Badal MP, SK Abu Baker MP, Chittagong city mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, lawmaker from Bandar constituency and CCCI President M A Latif MP, representatives from various export-import trade related public bodies and senior officials of the CPA including its chairman Commodore RU Ahmed.
Sunday's meeting was follow-up one of first meeting of the committee on
Chittagong Port held at JS Bhaban on March 4 last, officials said.