Cluster dev workshop held in Chandina
Cumilla Correspondent :
A day-long workshop titled “Cluster Development Planning for Municipal Development” was held in Chandina Municipality of Cumilla.
The workshop began on Tuesday in the morning at the Upazila Parishad auditorium.
The day-long Cluster Development Plan (CDP), Capital Investment Plan (CIP), and CRAP Preparation Workshop was organised jointly by Chandina Municipality and the Resilient Urban and Territorial Development Project (RUTDP) of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED).
The workshop was chaired by Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and Municipal Administrator Mohammad Ashraful Haque, with a presentation by Urban Planner Md Abdur Rakib Khan.
Among those present were RUTDP Cumilla SME Md Abdul Quddus, Urban Planner Tamanna Salam, Architect Farhana Islam, Design Engineer Sanim Arefin, Environmental Specialist Md Al Amin, Social Management Specialist Md Jahidul Islam, Municipal Executive Officer Md Moshtak Ahmed Talukder, and Assistant Engineer of Chandina Municipality Md Sazzad Hasan.
During the workshop, members of the municipality’s TLCC prepared various development plans, including group-based designs, aimed at transforming Chandina Municipality into a modern urban centre.
UNO Mohammad Ashraful Haque said that by incorporating the well-considered opinions of the participating citizens, the project would help build a liveable, modern, and clean municipality.
He added that improvements would be made to roads, drains, street lighting, markets, public toilets, and other civic services.
Other speakers stated that RUTDP is a nationally owned investment project of Bangladesh, jointly financed by the World Bank.
Under the LGED, the project will be implemented over a six-year period from July 2024 to June 2030. Once implemented, the project will develop climate-resilient and improved urban infrastructure and facilities.
As a result, 17 million people living in 81 municipalities and six city corporations, as well as 4.6 million urban and rural residents living along growth corridors affected by the project’s interventions, will benefit.