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CHT regions will be equally developed: PM

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Update: 2018-01-21 04:58:58
CHT regions will be equally developed: PM Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, File Photo

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assured that her government is striving to develop all regions of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Not a single region will remain backward.

The prime minister said this while opening village Centers in Chittagong Hill Tracts through a video conference from Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel on Sunday (January 21).

Mentioning that CHT folks have been deprived of development for 20 years, the premier said there was a time when this region was full of bloodshed-conflict. Awami League brought stability and peace by making peace treaty.

The work is underway to implement the treaty fully, though it faced many obstacles, said Sheikh Hasina.

She also alleged that previous governments triggered violence in the region by moving people from flat lands to CHT areas. However, AL government solved the crisis through peace treaty.

As conflicts ended, infrastructural development in this region is progressing very fast. The government gives special importance to CHT development. 

State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing presided over the function, while CHT Affairs Secretary Naba Bikram Kishore Tripura delivered the welcome address.

BDST: 1559 HRS, JAN 21, 2018
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