Grassroots people avail scopes of improving livelihood

Grassroots people in Rajshahi have been availing scopes of improving their living and livelihood conditions as a result of implementing various demand-driven programmes by local government institutions.

Union Parishad (UP) has been working on various important activities, including communication, education, health, water supply, natural resources, agriculture, sanitation and human resource development, for elevating the livelihood of the marginalized population.

Full-length implementation of the time-fitting policies related to ensuring transparency and accountability of the small-scale investments has added new dimensions to the rural livelihoods.

A total of 1,586 concrete roads and 300 culverts were constructed through implementation of 1,786 projects aimed at improving living and livelihood conditions of the villagers in the district.

Besides, 4,500 tube-wells and 170 submersible pumps were installed through implementation of 540 projects for ensuring safe drinking water.

The infrastructural development projects were implemented in 1,914 villages in the last five years on behalf of Local Governance Support Project-3 (LGSP-3) with involvement of around Taka 74.68 crore. The project is being implemented for uplifting living and livelihoods of around 21.37 lakh populations of 72 UPs in nine upazilas of the district since June, 2016.