2024-02-09 20:02:58
State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury has urged the Bangladesh Land Port Authority to achieve the satisfaction of traders by improving services and smooth import-export. The State Minister also advised the land port authorities to pay more attention to the implementation of any project and to make repeated field visits.
He made this call at an exchange meeting with officials and employees of the Bangladesh Land Port Authority at Agargaon in the capital on Thursday (February 8).
The state minister said, ‘There should be more attention in the implementation of the project. Discipline has to be there, there is no alternative. If discipline is not maintained, the program will collapse. Project managers have to make regular field visits for project implementation. Not only the project manager, but those of you who are there, whenever they go to the area; Enter visit comments on the chart. I want to see these comments.’
While reporting the activities of the Bangladesh Land Port Authority, the Chairman of the institution mentioned the case in the High Court on the land allocation of Bholaganj land port. Zillur Rahman Chowdhury. In this regard, State Minister Ushma openly said, is it right to go to tender without clearing the land? Now that the cost is increasing, who will pay for it? Who will take responsibility? Will the project take on contractors? So that such incidents do not happen again in the future.
Referring to the establishment of Bangladesh Land Port Authority by law in 2001, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said that the aim with which it was done was to warm our relations with the neighboring countries and to restore order in trade. Thanks to the Bangladesh Land Port Authority for taking it forward even if not 100%.
At that time, he expressed his anger because the scanner was damaged at the land port and said, ‘The scanner is damaged. But traders are unhappy with the manual. Because, its imports or exports from abroad. If it is opened, it is a big nuisance. This harassment should not happen. Scanners should not be damaged or destroyed. Because, it is Shubhankar’s evasion.’ If necessary, the Minister of State for Maritime Affairs advised to coordinate with customs.
Advising to travel abroad to experience how the land ports of developed countries provide services, the minister said, services should be like those of developed countries.
The State Minister thanked the Bangladesh Land Port Authority for achieving the success of FDR of Tk 800 crore. He said, it will exceed million-billion at one time.
The state minister said that Bangabandhu has changed the destiny of people by making the country independent. Without him we would not have Bangladesh today. Today I, you, we are in the position because of independent Bangladesh. We are ungrateful that we could not retain Bangabandhu.
Bangladesh Land Port Authority Chairman Md. Zillur Rahman Chowdhury, Joint Secretary Mohammad Jahangir Kabir (Member, Traffic), Joint Secretary Mohammad Musa (Member, Finance and Administration), Joint Secretary DM Atiqur Rahman (Director, Administration), Deputy Secretary Akter Unnecha Shiuli (Director, Traffic) , Deputy Secretary. Chadekur Rahman (Director, Accounts) and others were present.