PM inaugurates residential buildings for public servants

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated newly constructed multi-storey buildings, with 988 flats, at Motijheel and Azimpur government colonies for public servants yesterday.

Speaking at separate programmes on the occasion of the inaugurations, the PM described various development projects of the government for public servants and asked them to serve people.

“Your salaries and wages are coming from taxpayers' money. You must perform your duty keeping that in mind,” she said.

She urged all to exercise austerity in using electricity and water as the government provides these utilities at subsidised prices and recommended practising cleanliness in every step of life.

She asked all to switch lights, fans, ACs and other electrical appliances off when leaving a room in their office or home.

“If you do that the bills would be much less. We've digitised everything; now no one can tamper with electricity bills,” she said.

About the scarcity of water when the AL government came to power after the 2008 elections, Sheikh Hasina said her government built Sayedabad Water Treatment Plant 1 in 1996. Later, the AL government constructed Sayedabad Water Treatment Plant 2 and 3.

She also called upon all to practise cleanliness everywhere and regretted that people often overlook this.

The prime minister said development across the country is clearly visible because of the continuation of the government for two consecutive times.

“Our development is not limited to urban areas. Our aim is to ensure socioeconomic development all the way down to the grassroots; we are working towards that direction,” she said.

Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain presided over the programme.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith also spoke at the Azimpur programme while a written statement of Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon was read out at the Motijheel programme as he is hospitalised.