Sherpur, Bangladesh: State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief M. Iqbal Hossain, MP, has said limited government funding remains a major challenge to implementing development projects, expressing hope that more visible improvements can be achieved in the coming year.
Speaking to journalists on Tuesday after inspecting recently constructed roads in the Holdigram, Nowkuchi, and Gandhigaon areas of Jhenaigati Upazila, the minister said, "We want to do everything, but our hands are tied. We do not have sufficient funds. We will do as much as possible with the allocation we have. The country now has a democratic government. If not this year, we hope to deliver more impressive development projects next year."
The roads were constructed under the Local Government Engineering Department's Project Implementation Office (PIO).
The inspection was attended by Sherpur-3 MP Mahmudul Haque Rubel, Deputy Commissioner Farida Yasmin, Jhenaigati Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md. Al Amin, Assistant Commissioner (Land) Anindita Rani Bhowmik, Additional Superintendent of Police (Nalitabari Circle) Afroza Naznin, Officer-in-Charge of Jhenaigati Police Station S.M. Nur Mohammad, local BNP leaders, Project Implementation Officer Md. Rajibul Islam, and other government officials and local representatives.
