Chittagong Hill Tracts: UNDP launches $45.2m uplift project in CHT
4/22/2004 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) undertook a massive
five-year development programme in three districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts
that also aims at building confidence and social cohesion among the divergent
ethnic growths, said a press release.
The project started on April 14 this month under direct execution scheme of
the UNDP with estimated expenses of 45.20 million US dollars. This was divulged
at the meeting Tuesday between Muhammad Mosharraf Hossain, MP, Chairman of
the Parliamentary Standing Committee on CHT Affairs and Jorgen Lissner, Resident
Representative of the UNDP. Among others, Secretary of the Ministry of CHT
Affairs and Michael Heyn, UNDP Director on Chittagong Hill Tracts Development
Facility were also present.
Heyn elaborated all aspects of the project that aims at confidence-building
by strengthening and stretching the roles of institutions and by initiating
and promoting different interactive programmes between Bangalee and hill people
to build confidence and ethnic cohesion.
M Mosharraf Hossain, MP, lauded the initiative and stressed that equitable
development of both Bangalee and Hill people in CHT only can ensure sustainable
growth and confidence-building and opined that economic betterment is the
key to ease out the ethnic tension. He assured the UNDP representative of
all possible support of the government.
Source: Financial
Express