KHULNA, Oct 12, 2022 (BSS) - State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian today said the government is implementing various projects to develop different sectors including agriculture, fisheries, live stock, tourism and small and heavy industries under the public-private partnerships (PPP) projects across the country.

“In order to grow more entrepreneurs and reduce pressure on the state coffer, the government has decided to enhance environment friendly development,” she said while addressing a stakeholder’s workshop on Project Development through PPP as chief guest.

The workshop was organized jointly by Public Private Partnership Authority (PPPE), Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation (BTMC) and Khulna Development Authority (KDA) at a community center here in order to identify potential private investment through PPP in Khulna Textile Mill site.

Chaired by KDA Chairman Brigadier General S M Merazul Islam, Parliament members Naryan Chandra Chanda, Advocate Gloria Sarkar Jharna and Khulna Divisional Commissioner Zahirul Islam Chowdhury addressed as special guests.

Project Director of BTMC Kazi Feroz Hossain delivered the welcome speech while Chairman of BTMC Brigadier General Md Zakir Hossain, Director General of PPPA Pronab Kumar Ghosh, PPP expert under Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Md Abul Bashar and Director of BTMC Md Rokibul Bari, among others, addressed the workshop.

Representatives of Khulna Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Frozen Food Exporters Association, Bangladesh Jute Association, Khulna City Corporation (KCC), leaders of different citizen’s group, REHAB, BIDA and trade bodies attended the workshop.

In the question and answer session, most of the participants demanded to set up environment friendly economically viable project.

They also sought investments for setting up of amusement parks, ICT based training institute, shopping mall with cine-complex or textile village, resort to boost up the tourism sector surrounding the Sundarbans.

Located in a prime location in the city near KDA New Market area, BTMC has established Khulna Textile Mill on 25.63 acres of land that had been shut down during the BNP regime in 1993. The lands along with scrap machineries of the Mill were unused around last 29 years. The present government has taken up initiative now to set up environment friendly development project in the site.