Allocation to address waterlogging demanded

Speakers at a pre-budget meeting in Sylhet yesterday stressed the need for allocating funds to address waterlogging, recover canals, demolish illegal structures and ensure pure drinking water in the upcoming budget of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC).
They also demanded allocation for saving the river Surma and controlling traffic in the city.
They added that the issue of setting up a museum and planned beautification of the city should get priority.
Special allocation to ensure education of the children with disabilities and the children of the construction workers and labourers should also be prioritised, they also said.
Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran chaired the meeting at the SCC building while noted educationist Prof Abdul Aziz, former lawmaker Muhammad Ashraf Ali, Regional Organiser of Bela Ayesha Chowdhury, former district bar president Azizul Malik Chowdhury, district AL president ANM Shafique, Green Disabled Foundation Chief Rajab Ali Khan, Press Club acting president Al-Azad and Udichi Sylhet President Barrister Arosh Ali also spoke at the meeting attended by the city councillors.
Assuring the speakers of considering the suggestions, Kamran said longstanding problems like waterlogging and water crisis would get priority.