Govt working for infra dev in rural areas: Shahriar

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has said the government has been working relentlessly for infrastructural development in the rural areas, reports BSS.

"The grassroots people are enjoying facilities of many of the development schemes implemented in every nook and corner of rural areas and social change has become visible everywhere in the rural areas due to the massive infrastructural development," he said while addressing two separate public meetings to mark the occasion of inaugurating two newly-constructed buildings in Rajshahi.

Department of Public Works constructed a fire service and civil defense station building at a cost of Tk 4.5 million (Tk 45 lakh) while Local Government Engineering Department constructed a five-storied Muktijoddha Complex Building at a cost of around Tk 21.2 million (Tk 2.12 crore) in Bagha Upazila of the district.

Shahriar Alam said the government has been implementing various projects to improve living and livelihood condition of people.

He said Bangladesh witnesses real development when Awami League comes to power.

Bagha Upazila Chairman Layeb Uddin Lavlu, Upazila Nirbahi Officer Shaheen Reja, Deputy Director of Fire Service and Civil Defense Nurul Islam and Executive Engineer of Public Works Department Masud Rana also spoke on the occasion.