Chattogram City Corporation Mayor Dr. Shahadat Hossain has announced plans to build a daycare center to ensure the safety of children in the city. The announcement came on Saturday after he visited a child who was injured in an attempted rape incident in Bakalia. Earlier, he met the child’s relatives and doctors at the One Stop Crisis Center of Chattogram Medical College Hospital to learn about her condition.

During the visit, the mayor expressed concern over repeated incidents of child abuse in areas such as Bayezid and Chandgaon, noting that most victims are between three and four years old and come from low-income families where parents work long hours. He said the new daycare center will serve children of working families, particularly garment workers and rickshaw pullers, and that land for the project is being identified.

Dr. Hossain urged garment factory owners to establish safe daycare facilities for their workers’ children and cited hospital data showing that at least 422 children under 12 have received treatment for abuse in the past eight years.