Elites for changing site of silo in Barisal

Local elites at a view-exchange meeting here yesterday give an opinion in favour of changing the site of the silo from the place where the city’s largest pond adjacent to the mass killing ground is being filled up.
The Food Department is doing the construction work of the silo with the financial support of World Bank  near the killing ground of the Liberation War.
The programme was arranged at Bangladesh Development Society auditorium by the officials of the  agency implementing ‘Modern Food Storage Facilities Project’ of the Food Department in ‘Trish Go-down’ area of the city.
Presided over by Barisal regional food controller Amzad Hossain, the meeting was attended by the officials of the administration, project and the Food Department with participation of the local elites.
Acting deputy commissioner of Barisal Abul Kalam Azad, coordinator of the project Zahangir Alam, specialist of outreach and public awareness Kamal Najmus Salehin, environment specialist of WB Engineer Harunor Rashid,  divisional director environment directorate Sukumar Biswas explained the project activities.
On behalf of the local elites, freedom fighters including Nurul Alam Farid, Enayet Hossain Chowdhury, cultural activist Syed Dulal, Kajal Ghosh and local journalists and civil society members addressed the meeting.
The project and government officials claimed the 3,000 square metre silo with the capacity of storing 48,000 maund food grains will be constructed along with a staff quarter and other structures at the cost of Tk194.5 core.
At the initial stage of the project, constructing side-wall and filling the pond on 5.5048 acres of land on the ‘Trish Godown’ premises will cost Tk 3.5 crore taka more,  they said.
The local elites said ‘Trish Godown’ complex was used as cantonment of Pakistani occupation forces and the mass killing ground was also near that during the Liberation War in 1971.
 “We are not against the implementation of ‘modern food storage facilities project’. But it could be implemented easily at other parts of the premises demolishing or reconstructing old or abandoned  food godowns, without affecting status and environment of adjacent mass killing ground and proposed complex in history of liberation war with a museum, local elites opined.
At the end of the meeting, the project officials said they will place the expressed views and suggestions to the authorities concerned for necessary corrections of the project profile.

Elites for changing site of silo in Barisal

Local elites at a view-exchange meeting here yesterday give an opinion in favour of changing the site of the silo from the place where the citys largest pond adjacent to the mass killing ground is being filled up. The Food Department is doing the construction work of the silo with the financial support of World Bank near the killing ground of the Liberation War. The programme was arranged at Bangladesh Development Society auditorium by the officials of the agency implementing Modern Food Storage Facilities Project of the Food Department in Trish Go-down area of the city. Presided over by Barisal regional food controller Amzad Hossain, the meeting was attended by the officials of the administration, project and the Food Department with participation of the local elites. Acting deputy commissioner of Barisal Abul Kalam Azad, coordinator of the project Zahangir Alam, specialist of outreach and public awareness Kamal Najmus Salehin, environment specialist of WB Engineer Harunor Rashid, divisional director environment directorate Sukumar Biswas explained the project activities. On behalf of the local elites, freedom fighters including Nurul Alam Farid, Enayet Hossain Chowdhury, cultural activist Syed Dulal, Kajal Ghosh and local journalists and civil society members addressed the meeting. The project and government officials claimed the 3,000 square metre silo with the capacity of storing 48,000 maund food grains will be constructed along with a staff quarter and other structures at the cost of Tk194.5 core. At the initial stage of the project, constructing side-wall and filling the pond on 5.5048 acres of land on the Trish Godown premises will cost Tk 3.5 crore taka more, they said. The local elites said Trish Godown complex was used as cantonment of Pakistani occupation forces and the mass killing ground was also near that during the Liberation War in 1971. We are not against the implementation of modern food storage facilities project. But it could be implemented easily at other parts of the premises demolishing or reconstructing old or abandoned food godowns, without affecting status and environment of adjacent mass killing ground and proposed complex in history of liberation war with a museum, local elites opined. At the end of the meeting, the project officials said they will place the expressed views and suggestions to the authorities concerned for necessary corrections of the project profile.