Chattogram City Mayor Dr. Shahadat Hossain has declared that no new structures, including hospitals, will be allowed in the CRB area of the city. He made the statement on Sunday morning while inaugurating a special canal and drain cleaning program at Jamal Khan Lichutola, responding to journalists’ questions about the issue.

The mayor said he had discussed the matter with a government minister the previous day, emphasizing that cutting trees and building new facilities in CRB would not be acceptable to the people of Chattogram. According to him, the minister agreed with this position. Shahadat added that the existing old hospital in the area could be renovated or rebuilt into a modern facility since it currently receives few patients.

He further mentioned that plans for a dental college and a full-fledged medical hospital and college have been proposed, possibly using the old building. Meanwhile, the ‘CRB Rokkha Moncho’ group held a human chain and protest program on Sunday morning against what they described as a conspiracy to construct a hospital in the CRB area.