Parki Tourism Complex to be completed by December: Adviser Bashir

Chattogram : Civil Aviation and Tourism as well as Commerce, Jute, and Textiles Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin on August 27 said the construction work of Parki Par-jaton Complex under Anwara upazila of the district would be completed by December 2025.

"The officials of the construction farm and project director of the complex have assured that the construction work would be completed within December," he told reporters while visiting the project at about 11:00 am.

The implementation of the project has been delayed due to many reasons especially the water problem, he added.

Secretary to the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry Begum Nasreen Jahan said that the tourism complex at Parki beach is a very potential project and the active participation of local people, tourist police and law and order forces is very important to implement it.

Chairman of Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation Sayema Shaheen Sultana, Project Director Majedur Rahman, Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Anwara Tahmina Akhter and Assistant Commissioner (AC Land) Dipok Tripura, accompanied the adviser.

The construction of Parki Tourism Complex begun in 2018 at a cost of BDT 62 crore on 13.36 acres of land and the first phase of the project ended in November 2020.

Three constructing farms completed only 20 percent of the total project within the scheduled time and it was extended up to December 2021 and the allocation was increased up to BDT 71.25 crore but the progress of implantation was not satisfactory. Lastly, the project was extended up to December this year.