RAJSHAHI, March 5, 2023 (BSS)- Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has been

providing civic services with sincerity and honesty as it's very much
committed to do the same.

Meanwhile, the Rajshahi city has got a new look amid implementation of
massive infrastructural development schemes with a competent leadership of
its dynamic Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton during his last four and half years
tenure.

Broaden streets, cleaned atmosphere, road dividers with green trees and
plants and crafts, improved civic amenities and eye-catching street lighting
at night have made the city attractive enormously.

The views were expressed at the first meeting of the city level coordination
committee (CLCC) at the city bhaban conference hall here today.
 
RCC organised the meeting aimed at sensitizing the CLCC's citizens' members
about the city corporation citizens' survey- 2023.

Local Government Division, Capacity Development of City Corporation (C4C2)
and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) supported the meeting
attended by around 80 members of the committee.

With Panel Mayor Shariful Islam Babu in the chair, the meeting was addressed,
among others, by Chief Executive Officer Dr ABM Sharif Uddin, Secretary
Moshiur Rahman, Chief Engineer Nur Islam, Chief Conservancy Officer Sheikh
Mamun, Chief Revenue Officer Abu Saleh Nur-E-Sayeed and Ward Councilor
Anwarul Islam.

C4C2 Project Specialist Rassel Kabir and JICA City Governance Specialist Moni
Mala Roy also spoke on the occasion.

Chief Engineer Nur Islam told the meeting that the city corporation has
implemented six infrastructure development projects at a cost of around Taka
831.10 crore during the last four years contributing a lot towards making the
city beautiful, green and clean.

An east-west connecting road has been constructed from Alif Lam Meem Bhata
crossing on the Rajshahi-Naogaon highway to Choddopaya crossing on the
Rajshahi-Natore highway via Chhotobangram, Meherchandi, Budhpara and Mohanpur
at a cost of around Taka 189.35 crore.

In addition to construction of footpaths on both sides of the 6.793-kilometer
road, various need-based modern infrastructures, including a flyover on
railway crossing, a bridge, eight culverts and median, were constructed.

The newly-constructed four-lane road has been playing a significant role
towards mitigating the gradually mounting traffic jams in the metropolis.

In all perspectives, the road area, particularly the flyover, is seen as a
tourist spot while scores of people are humming to the area generating income
for many of the locals.

Problems related to unfit and narrow sections of the present drains and its
low-sewerage capacity were removed. All the culverts were widened besides
removing the silts from the base of the drains to enhance the sewerage
capacity.
 
The city corporation has implemented drainage and approach road construction
project titled "Drain Construction for Removing Water-logging in Rajshahi
city (Third Phase)" aimed at freeing the city from water-logging while making
pedestrian movement easy.

Under Taka 193.30-crore project, 6.36-kilometer primary, 19.29-kilometer
secondary and 67.75-kilometer tertiary drains were constructed installing a
planned drainage system.