Auction of broken down vehicles at Ctg port recommended

Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Shipping on Thursday recommended taking necessary action for auctioning vehicles left nonfunctional inside Chattogram Port area.

The recommendation came from the 34th meeting of the committee held at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban here with Committee Chairman Major Rafiqul Islam in the chair.

The committee also expressed satisfaction on overall activities of the Chattogram Port Authority.

During the meeting, the JS committee discussed ‘Mongla Port Authority Bill, 2021’ as the bill had been placed in the Jatiya Sangsad.

Committee members - State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, Ranjit Kumar Roy, Mahfuzur Rahman, Dr Samil Uddin Ahmed Shimul, M Aslam Hossain Sawdagar

and SM Shahjada, among others, attended the meeting.

The parliamentary committee elaborately discussed present activities, existing problems and solution of the Chattogram Port Authority along with financial expenditure of the projects undertaken between the periods of July 2016 and June 2020.

Shipping Secretary Mohammad Mesbah Uddin Chowdhury, Mongla and Chattogram Port Authority

Chairmen and other ministry officials were present.