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How much waterlogging will the port city of Chattogram   be relieved from in 4 months…?

M Iqbal Hossain, Ctg Bureau 58 Time View
Update : Sunday, January 19, 2025

Four advisors and chief officers of the concerned organizations attended the Chittagong Circuit House to resolve waterlogging in Chittagong city.

Four advisors responsible for resolving waterlogging in Chittagong city were present at the meeting moderated by the Divisional Commissioner. They are – Environment, Forest and Climate Change Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges Muhammad Fawzul Kabir Khan, Advisor to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Faruk-e-Azam Bir Pratik and Housing and Public Works Adilur Rahman Khan.

The meeting started at 2:50 pm and lasted until 5:20 pm at the city’s Circuit House on 19 January Sunday. Govt has spent billions of taka to resolve waterlogging in Chittagong, but the people of Chittagong are not at peace. The main reason for this was the corruption during the previous government’s tenure, which is drowning in the waterlogging due to corruption. Many did not get the opportunity to speak due to the lack of time in the Chittagong Divisional Commissioner’s program, but the Chittagong Divisional Commissioner said that if anyone has any plan, they should submit it in writing to the Divisional Commissioner.

CDA, CCC, WASA, CCL, CPA and 3 more organizations have co-ordinat  among them otherwise it will not happen anything  siad maximum of the people who invited the meaning.

Ctg Jamaat Ameer Shahajan Chowdhury said that if a project of 300 crore taka is increasing and spending 1300 crore taka, then imagine the amount of corruption that has occurred. Requesting them to be brought under punishment, he said to the CPA — “Is this a port? Is this a commercial center? Or a looting center? So much illegal occupation – Subhan Allah ” He asked to demolish the houses and recover the canal occupation, and suggested sending the house owners to jail. He said, “No money will be spent on waterlogging, just arrest these thieves, landlords who built big buildings on the canals, put them in jail, demolish the houses and restore the canals.”

There will be mistakes in four months, but if you work with determination, But you will get some benefit.

Professor Sekandar said, “It is clear to the city dwellers who are enjoying the benefits of the mega project in Chittagong, but it is ridiculous that where the flyover will go up  and where it will go down is not included in the plan during the construction of the flyover. Where were the government engineers, did no one see? There is a huge crisis among representatives of government agencies when it comes to making a plan, so the people have to suffer from the problems in these plans.

Journalist Aliur Rahaman said — The port authority has filled the Rajakhali canal, why does the port authority need to lease the river.
He alleged that these works are done by hiding BS accounts.
He mentioned that there are 5 cases going on with the port and an organization called the River Protection Commission. He said that the port has blocked the navigability of the river by building a dam at the mouth of the river. Due to all this, the water level has risen from upstream to downstream, which is also one of the reasons for waterlogging in Chittagong.
Earlier, if 130 millimeters of rain fell, Chittagong city would drown, but now even if it rains even 70 millimeter, Chittagong goes under water. He also said that 10,000 crore taka is already over,
he complained that the CDA is hiding the flat detail plan that was done in 1968, he has issued letters to the CDA four times in this regard under the Information Technology Act, he strongly demanded that 71 canals of Chittagong be identified and restored. He said that in the last three months, 147 illegal establishments including illegal fish markets were built at the mouth of the river, including 3 illegal establishments of the City Corporation, which the district administration has been indifferent to and has not cooperated in any way, A  Supreme Court’s order given demolish them but they didn’t , this senior journalist alleged.

CPA chairman said that his short speech “If the river regains its navigability, the waterlogging in Chittagong will be resolved quickly, for this we are making necessary arrangements and working in a coordinated manner”.

The mayor of Chittagong said “I took charge of this city corporation with a minus figure of 400 crore taka, the amount of corruption that has taken place is unimaginable, I am running the corporation with only kind of holding tax” due to coordination, no project could fulfill the hopes and aspirations of the people, the CCC project has been taken over by the CDA. He also said that some landowners have not yet received the land loss money, if this money is received, the remaining ongoing work can be completed quickly.

Advisor Rizwana Hasan firmly said, we need Bullet point. Some people, by force of power and the connivance of some dishonest officials, occupy government land and register it in their own name, then demand compensation again, while doing this, all the time and money goes to waste, all of it is people’s money. Therefore, the land administration should be held accountable. She said that I was given the title of BNP/TNP while I was agitating for the environment. She asked for a copy of the case files and said that he would talk to the Attorney General in Dhaka and arrange for them to take immediate remedy. She aso said in one point “If a shopkeeper gives you poison, will you take it or not, I think all you don’t take poison, she discouraged everyone from using polythene. Regarding hill cutting, she said that she has taken a list of all the hills in 12 districts, at one time when he informed the DC about the cutting of two hills, they went to the ground and reported that there were hills in RS, now there are no hills in BS, she regretted the level of corruption.
The case regarding mountain cutting since 2015 has been defeated in 2023. The context has changed. In 2024, he got the post of advisor, but in Akbarsha has not stopped mountain cutting yet. She said, “I asked those who have cut mountains and established illegal settlements to cut off their electricity, water, and other connections.”

Finally, advisor Farooqui Azam coordinated everyone’s speech. He called on all public representatives, including journalists, to publicize the environment in newspapers and create public opinion. He commented that the progress of the work given to the organization in the next four months will be monitored. He said that the statements taken from different quarters will be taken seriously here, and all informational, technical, and legal issues will be monitored.

However, the discussion meeting will focus on what can be done before the next monsoon. Divisional Commissioner Md. Ziauddin told The Daily Morning Glory reporter that the extent of responsibility given to which organization will be informed later because it is a very informative issue.

 


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