Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday appreciated the officials for gifting the people of Bangladesh a hassle-free Eid, with no highway congestion and bare minimum power cuts during the nine-day long festival.
鈥楨ven till now, I have been hearing nothing but good things about this Eid-ul-Fitr. Everybody keeps praising how everything was well organised,鈥� said Professor Yunus who held a meeting with officials from Ministries of Power and Energy, and Road Transport and Bridges and Railways at the State Guest House Jamuna.
Now a norm has been set and it is time to carry it forward throughout the year, said the chief adviser.
The chief adviser鈥檚 press wing said Fouzul Kabir Khan, adviser of the Ministries of Road Transport and Bridges, Railways, and Power and Energy, led the team of officials.
He briefed the chief adviser on how they had prepared for the Eid. 鈥楻ather than working as individual ministries we worked as a whole unit,鈥� adviser Khan said.
Citing the example of how Saidabad Bus Terminal was cleaned up and readied for the biggest annual exodus for villages, he said other ministries and even private sectors were involved in the planning and execution process.
鈥榃hen we went to Saidabad Bus Terminal, it was dirty and disorganised. It looked like a giant urinal. So we contacted the environmental ministry and had that sorted out,鈥� he said.
The adviser also emphasised the fact that no one of the officials went to their home town during the Eid holidays and were on the field to make sure everything was in order.
He also said if everything goes right there will be minimum load-shedding and no transport congestion during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha festival. 鈥業nshallah, the Eid-ul-Azha will also be a smooth ride logistically鈥�.
Sheikh Mohinuddin, special assistant to Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, Farzana Momtaz, secretary, Electricity Division, Muhammad Saiful Islam, secretary Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Siraj Syathi, principal secretary to the chief adviser of Bangladesh, among other officials, were present at the meeting.
