Mittal delegates talk township development with advisers
UK-based industrial group Mittal delegates have held talks with the government to discuss the proposed plan to develop a $1.5 billion coastal township in Chittagong, a local representative of the Mittal said yesterday.
The delegates met housing and commerce advisers of the caretaker government Thursday.
The delegates expressed their keen interests to go ahead with the plan that includes residential and industrial blocks along the Bay of Bengal, said Syed Golam Dostagir Nishat, a director of the Mittal's local partner company Global Oil and Energy Bangladesh.
Mittal Director Rakesh Dixmit led the delegation at the meeting. Local representatives of Mittal Colonel (retd) Kamal Ahmed and Syed Golam Dostagir Nishat were present at the meeting with Housing and Public Works Adviser Major General (retd) Golam Quader and Commerce Adviser Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman at their respective offices.
The delegates also met Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Shah Muhammad Akhteruddin who assured the delegates of extending full support to the project.
“We have visited some probable sites and talked about those sites with the advisers and the CDA chairman,” Nishat said.
The advisers assured them of providing all out support and cooperation of the government, he said.
But they (advisers) suggested making a formal proposal to the government through the CDA, Nishat said.
The $1.5 billion township investment plan has been taken as part of Mittal's last year's investment plan for power, energy and infrastructure projects, he said.
Guidelines for developing such townships are provided in the Chittagong Metropolitan Master Plan (CMMP), Akhteruddin said.
A composite township can be developed conforming to the coastal belt development guidelines of the CMPP along the coast stretching from Patenga to Kumira under the Sitakunda district.
CDA sources said the coastal township could accommodate waterfront residential blocks, environment-friendly industries, industrial blocks, an airstrip, and shallow-port facilities besides hotel and cruising facilities.
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