Advisor Asif Mahmud emphasized the importance of honesty and objectivity in presenting information. Responding to media reports labeling certain initiatives as “special projects,” he clarified that district-based rural infrastructure projects exist in 20 districts nationwide.
Over the past year, new projects were launched in Manikganj, Comilla, Patuakhali, and Satkhira, raising the total number of such district-level projects to 24. According to the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) policy, district-based projects will eventually cover all 64 districts.
Mahmud questioned the selective framing of only two projects as “special,” explaining that LGED evaluates projects based on the total length of paved and unpaved roads under the “Upazila Road” category. Highlighting only a single category, he said, is misleading. The remaining districts are also included under broader divisional or infrastructural development schemes. The addition of the four new districts last year is part of a phased rollout of individual projects for all districts.
তথ্য উপস্থাপনের ক্ষেত্রে সততা ও বস্তুনিষ্ঠতা জরুরি বলে মন্তব্য করেছেন অন্তর্বর্তীকালীন সরকারের যুব ও ক্রীড়া বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয়ের উপদেষ্টা আসিফ মাহমুদ।
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