KCC mayor lauds standard of Bashundhara Bitumen

Khulna City Corporation Mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque on Sunday lauded the standard of Bashundhara Bitumen and expressed hope that it will set a new standard by its superior quality.

Addressing a seminar in Khulna, the mayor said Bashundhara Group, which is contributing to the development of the country as a leading industrial conglomerate, is producing bitumen in a state-of-the-art production facility, according to a press release.

Bashundhara Bitumen organised the technical seminar titled ‘Engineer Meet’ at a hotel in Khulna.

“Roads and Highways Division has approved the use of Bashundhara bitumen and engineers use it. I hope Bashundhara Bitumen will show new pathways in quality standard,” he told the seminar.

Bitumen is an important construction material. However, engineers used to depend on substandard imported bitumen products until Bashundhara Group started bitumen production. Use of such sub-standard bitumen causes early damages of highways, Talikder said.

Roads and Highways Division Additional Chief Engineer Syed Aslam Ali also lauded the quality standard of Bashundhara bitumen, saying that the brand is helping reduce dependency on imported bitumen products.

“Many of foreign bitumen is not good in quality. That makes the construction project risky. However, Bashundhara Bitumen maintains the quality and standard since commencing the production,” he said.

Khulna Chamber’s Vice-President Siddiqur Rahman Bulu, Bashundhara Bitumen’'s consultant and IUT’s Assistant Professor Dr Nazmus Shakib, Assistant General Manager (Sales) Sukanto Kumar Saha also spoke among others.

Hundreds of representatives from the Roads and Highways Department, Local Government Engineering Department, Khulna City Corporation, contractors and engineers were present on the occasion.