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PM seeks vote for AL

Asks Ctg people to help continue development, opens city's first flyover

ARUN BIKASH Dey, Chittagong
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged Chittagong residents to vote for Awami League in the next general election to ensure the continuation of development works initiated by her government.
Highlighting the development works in Chittagong done by the incumbent government, she pledged to undertake more projects here in the future.
The prime minister was speaking at a rally of eminent personalities at the Jamiatul Falah mosque premises in the port city. Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) organised the rally on the occasion of the opening of the Bahaddarhat flyover.
Hasina opened the 1.4-kilometre flyover to traffic around 10:35am. She had laid the foundation stone of the project in 2010. Initially, the project cost was estimated atTk 106 crore. But later it increased toTk 144.18 crore, said CDA officials. At the rally, Hasina, also the AL president, proposed that the Bahaddarhat flyover be named after late president of Chittagong city unit of AL MA Mannan.
"Mannan bhai was known as Chattai Shardul |Tiger of Chittagong] in the 1960s when we were students and involved in student politics," she noted.
The PM said her government was not only carrying
out development works in Dhaka, but also throughout the country. "But we always give special importance to Chittagong and its development, "she added.
To establish Chittagong as a modern city free from traffic jam, the government has initiated construction of ring roads and flyovers across the city under its Strategic Transport Plan, mentioned Hasina.
The AL chief stated that
two new bridges over the Meghna and the Gumti would be constructed for easing communication between Chittagong and Dhaka. Besides, the government has been implementing the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane highway project.
An elevated expressway from the city's Shah Amanat International Airport to Agrabad would be constructed. Construction of a
deep sea port was now under consideration.
She also laid the foundation stones of 12 development projects and inaugurated 20 projects in Chittagong at the rally venue.
Around 11:10am, the premier unveiled a mural of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Chittagong Press Club in the city's Jamal Khan area. The
mural portrays Bangabandhu's historic March 7, 1971 speech at the capital's Suhrawardy LIdyan.
Hasina attended a 'darbar' at Chittagong Cantonment around 1:40pm.
She visited Bangladesh Military Academy around 3:40pm. From there, she went to Bangladesh Naval Academy at Patenga at 4:15pm to join a 'darbar'.