2006/05/26 Fridayauthor: jummanet(n)

Last three years no development activities in Thanchi, Bandarban

(Daily Prothom Alo, Page no 5, 26 May 2006)

No development activities were implemented last three years in Thanchi upazilla of Bandarban hill district. The local civil government officials and the local peoples representative passing the days without any work or any monitoring like education, communicational transport, and public health as well as unemployed days.
Remacree UP Chairman Aprue Mong Marma added that this upozila we have four unions and the total population more then 16,400. As per the less population we get a few number allocation from the national budget as well as from annual development programme (ADP), he added.
This upazila as well as the four Union Council (Union Parishad) located areas get allocation from ADP 20 lakhs every year with three steps, while each step every ¥union get 1 lakh 20 thousand TK, which is particularly very small grant for root development activities.

Bandarban Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) chief engineer Sushankar Acharjaa and CHT Development Board assistant engineer Nur Hossain added that, we did not get any tender for development activities from Thanchi. On the other hand the bridge construction on Sangu River yet not completed, which is hampering for development activities on that region.

Upazila Executive Officer Abdur Rab said that, most of the government official department passing without officers and government employers and who exists they are not attending the office regularly. He added that, government official knows about the Thanchi but not taking proper steps. That's why most of the officers not staying in Thanchi and other particular officials.