Mayor Manjur wants 2,000cr to prevent waterlogging
Chittagong city Mayor Manjur Alam yesterday urged the government to allocate Tk 2,000 crore for Drainage Master Plan to permanently solve waterlogging in the port city.
The mayor said Chittagong city people faced less waterlogging this year compared with previous years, as some short-term projects have been implemented to this effect.
He was talking to the journalists following a milad mahfil, arranged to mark one year of his taking office as mayor, at the mazar (shrine) of Hazrat Shah Amanat yesterday.
Manjur Alam, who won the mayoral election held June 17 last year, claimed to have delivered his electoral pledges by implementing most of the short-term projects.
He hoped that the rest of the pledges including mid-term and long-term projects would be implemented through discussion with the government.
Manjur also expressed his gratitude to the people of the port city for electing him and thanked the BNP chairperson for helping him win.
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