PM attends BAF parade in Jessore today

Staff Correspondent, Jessore: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina goes to Jessore today to join the President Parade-2017 marking the commissioning of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) officers as well as to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of 27 development projects.

The Prime Minister is also expected to address a public meeting at Jessore Eidgah Maidan in the afternoon.

After her arrival in Jessore in the morning, Sheikh Hasina will first attend the President Parade-2017 marking the commissioning of new Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) officers at the BAF Academy.

In the afternoon, the premier will open and lay the foundation stones of 27 development schemes by unveiling their plaques from the Eidgah Maidan.

The projects to be inaugurated by her are: the Waterlogging Removing Project of the Kapotakkhya River (first phase), the expansion work of the Amdabad College in Sadar upazila, the expansion work of the Pakshia College in Sharsha upazila, the expansion work of Bagharpara Degree College in Bagharpara upazila, the 500-seat Shaheed Mashiur Rahman Auditorium-cum-Multipurpose Hall, the Public Library (third phase) Development Project, the Jessore Medical College Academic Building, Hoybatpur Union Land Office Building, Narendrapur Union Land Office Building, Mohakal Union Land Office Building, Patibila Union Land Office Building, Jessore Police Super Building, Jessore Police Hospital, Sheikh Russel's Sculptor, 13-km roads and 22-km drains in Jessore town, Jhikargaccha Upazila Muktijoddha Complex and Malopara Government Primary School in Avoynagar.

The schemes of which the foundation stones to be laid by the premier are: the Waterlogging Removing and Sustainable Water Management Development Project of the Bhairab River, Upgradation Work of Jessore-Benapole National Highway, the Upgradation Work of Jessore-Benapole (Palashbari-Rajghat portion), Keshabpur Technical Training Centre, Jessore Central Shaheed Minar, 25-km roads and 24-km drains in Jessore town, Hamidpur Compost Plant, Pre-treatment Plant, Biogas Plant and Control Landfill Cell Work, the expansion work of Jhikargachha Municipality, setting up the mural of historic March 7 speech of Bangabandhu, Sheikh Russel Gymnasium and the Teachers-Students Centre (TSC).

risingbd/Jessore/December 31, 2017/BM Faruk/A K Azad