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Tajul warns officials against substandard project works

FE Report | July 07, 2020 00:00:00


LGRD and Co-operatives Minister Md Tajul Islam said on Monday the government will take stern action against the persons responsible for substandard works of the development projects.

"The quality of the development project works must be sustainable and highstandard," he said at a virtual meeting from his secretariat office with the executive engineers of department of public health engineering (DPHE) of 12 flood-affected districts.

"We will not allow any substandard works of the development projects. We will take stern action if anyone is found involved with substandard works," the minister warned.

He also inquired about the progress of the programmes undertaken by DPHE in 12 flood-affected districts.

Mr. Tajul said the standard of all project works must be highso that the people of the country could get benefits from the development projects.

He advised them (engineers) to inform the high-ups of the ministry concerned if they face any obstacles from any vested quarter to implementing standard and sustainable development project works.

DPHE has opened control rooms at its head office and all flood-affected districts.

The minister gave some directives to the DPHE officials to provide the flood-affected people with water purification tablets and bottled safe drinking water.

A high official of the LGRD and Co-operatives ministry told the FE that DPHE has installed new tube-wells in flood-affected Kurigram, Bogura and Sirajganj districts to ensure safe drinking water for the flood victims.

DPHE is also prepared to install water treatment plants and more sanitary toilets if the situation in the flood-hit districts gets worse.

The ministry official further said sufficient bleaching powder is being stockpiled in all flood-affected districts and upazilas to disinfect submerged tube-wells after recession of floodwater.

Senior secretary of local government division Helaluddin Ahmed and chief engineer of DPHE Md Saifur Rahman were also present.

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