Rangamati:Chattogram Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has approved a Tk 2,500 crore development project aimed at improving living standards and ensuring balanced development across the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT), according to State Minister for Land and Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, Barrister Mir Mohammad Helal Uddin.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the state minister announced that the projects would soon see visible implementation. He made these remarks while attending a cheque distribution ceremony at the Rangamati Hill District Council conference room, where grants were distributed to local temples of the Sanatan faith on behalf of the prime minister.
Mir Helal emphasized that the government's priority is to ensure equal rights and balanced development for all residents of the CHT, irrespective of religion, ethnicity, or community. Various government agencies, including the hill district councils and the Chattogram Hill Tracts Development Board, are implementing multifaceted development initiatives to achieve this goal.
The development projects will focus on creating self-employment opportunities for marginalized communities, providing sustainable social protection, ensuring access to safe drinking water in remote areas, advancing modern education through e-learning, improving sanitation, and modernizing agricultural practices.