Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina goes to Patuakhali and Barguna on a daylong visit today to see the Payra Port and the Payra Power Plant and inaugurate a number of development projects, reports BSS. Official sources said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Payra in Patuakhali at 10 am by helicopter from Tejgaon old airport.

On her arrival, she will visit Payra Power Plant project, a rehabilitation center and newly constructed houses for people affected in project area. She will distribute keys and registration papers to the rehabilitated families. During her visit, the prime minister will inaugurate 16 development projects of different areas of Patuakhali district.

The projects are: construction works of five-storey girls hostel and academic cum-examination hall of Patuakhali Government College, construction works of four-storey academic buildings of Hazi Akkel Ali Hawlader College, Ishak Model Degree College, Kuakata Khanabad College, Muktijoddha Memorial College, Alhaj Jalal Uddin College, Subidkhali Degree College and construction works of four-storey academic building of Dumki Janata Degree college, cent percent electrification of Dumki upazila, Mirzaganj 33/11 kv power substation, Sheikh Hasina Sarak at Payra Port and service jetty, mosque, officers’ guest house and staff dormitory of Payra Port.