Fazley Hossain Badsha, a lawmaker and general secretary of Workers Party of Bangladesh, has said industrialization of Rajshahi region has become indispensable for its socio-economic development. He said industrialization is the precondition for generating employment opportunities and called for flourishing the industrial sector for infusing dynamism into economic activities, reports BSS.
Badsha was addressing a pre-Iftar meeting with journalists at a city community center on Saturday. The lawmaker recommended special incentives for the entrepreneurs who are interested to set up industries. Referring to enormous prospects of setting up of agro-based industries in the region, the lawmaker said need-based steps should be taken in this regard as early as possible.
He said setting up economic zones has become the demand of time. Prospect of agro-processing enterprises is bright in the region as it produces surplus crops especially food-grains, fruits and vegetables. He viewed the region has enormous potentials for making agro-processing enterprises sustainable and profitable as it has been producing varieties of fruits and vegetables.
Badsha underlined the need for launching direct railway communication between Rajshahi and Kolkata like Khulna. He opined that if Rajshahi Airport was upgraded to international standard various agro-products could be exported to different foreign countries including the Middle East.
"Immediate step should be taken to full-fledged reopening of the now partially functioning Rajshahi Silk Factory for the sake of revitalizing the silk sector," he said adding two major tourism-enriched cities- Chittagong and Cox's Bazar are detached from Rajshahi in terms of direct rail and air communications. This odd situation must be removed on an urgent basis. He urged to bring back the navigability in Padma River through capital dredging and it would be the turning point of Rajshahi's development. - AA Countrywide Desk
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