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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated 43 development projects and laid foundation stones for five others at a cost of Taka 329 crore in her home district Gopalganj. The projects were unveiled at a grand public rally held at Talimpur Telihati High School ground in Sadullapur Union, organized by Kotalipara Upazila AL.
Accompanied by senior AL leaders, the Prime Minister opened the projects after unveiling a plaque by pressing a button. A festive mood was observed throughout the district as the Prime Minister arrived at the rally venue at 12:40pm, and was greeted by a mammoth gathering that welcomed her with enthusiastic slogans.
Sheikh Hasina, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) of the Gopalganj-3 (Tungipara-Kotalipara) constituency, addressed the public gathering, four years after speaking at an election rally on December 12, 2018, at the Sheikh Lutfar Rahman Adarsh Government College ground in Kotalipara Upazila.
Following the rally, the Prime Minister paid her respects and offered prayers at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara. Sheikh Hasina, who had traveled to Gopalganj by road after crossing the Padma Bridge in the morning, is scheduled to leave for Dhaka in the afternoon.
The projects inaugurated by the Prime Minister will ensure overall development of Gopalganj and boost the local economy. The event is expected to have a positive impact on the people of Gopalganj, who have been looking forward to the inauguration of these projects for some time.
The 43 development projects include two rural piped water supply schemes - one at Dumuria union in Tungipara upazila and another at Ramshil union in Kotalipara upazila, 24 meter RCC girder bridge on Gopalpur UP Office-Kajulia UP via Boraihati Polshair Bazar Road and 99 meter girder bridge on Kushli GC-Dharabashail GC via Mitradanga, Sonakhali Road in Tungipara upazila, four-storey Shuagram Bohumukhi High School at Kotalipara, three-storey girls hostel (100 beds) at Sheikh Hasina Adarsha Degree College at Kotalipara, four-storey academic building of Kotalipara SN Institution, Kotalipara Poura Kitchen Market and Sheikh Russel Library at Bhangarhat Talimpur Telihati High School at Kotalipara upazila built by Kotalipara Upazila Parishad, 'Mukta Manch' in the ancestral home of poet Sukanta Bhattacharya at Kotalipara, flood shelter center at Uttar Kotalipara Rammohon High School at Kotalipara, one-storey commercial building having 10-storey foundation at Boro Bazar in Gopalganj Sadar.
The prime minister laid foundation stones of Gopalganj Zilla Tathya Complex Bhaban and Kotalipara Model Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre under Public Works Department, Radhaganj Union Bhangarhat Bazar Development and Mural Construction on 1971 Liberation War at Kotalipara Upazila under Local Government Engineering Department and building Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's mural at 11 union parishads under Kotalipara Upazila Parishad.
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