Rangamati:Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has approved a Tk 2,500 crore development project aimed at enhancing living standards and ensuring balanced development across the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT), announced State Minister for Land and Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, Barrister Mir Mohammad Helal Uddin.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the state minister made this announcement while attending a cheque distribution ceremony at the Rangamati Hill District Council conference room. At the event, grants provided on behalf of the prime minister were distributed among local Sanatan faith temples.
Mir Helal emphasized the government's commitment to ensuring equal rights and balanced development for all CHT residents, regardless of their religion, ethnicity, or community. To achieve these goals, various development initiatives are being implemented through hill district councils, the Chattogram Hill Tracts Development Board, and other relevant government agencies.
The projects, valued at Tk 2,500 crore, will focus on creating self-employment opportunities for marginalized communities, providing sustainable social protection, ensuring access to safe drinking water in remote areas, promoting modern education through e-learning, improving sanitation, and modernizing agricultural practices. Visible implementation of these projects is expected to commence soon.