New Engineers Urged to Uphold Integrity
Minister Demands Full Quality in Public Infrastructure
- Publicly funded infrastructure must meet the highest quality standards
- Engineers urged to maintain professional relations with contractors
- A total of 176 newly appointed assistant engineers attended the training
Ensuring the durability and public value of infrastructure built with taxpayers’ hard-earned money requires uncompromising construction standards, State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shah Alam has said. He urged newly appointed engineers to uphold professional integrity, work diligently and ensure that public funds deliver tangible benefits to communities.
He made the remarks as the chief guest at the opening ceremony of an orientation and training course for assistant engineers of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), held on 10 November,Tuesday morning at the Kamrul Islam Siddique Auditorium in the LGED building in Agargaon, Dhaka.
Addressing the newly appointed engineers, the state minister said, “You have proved your competence through a highly competitive examination and joined one of the country’s largest organisations. LGED offers extensive opportunities to work directly for people’s welfare and serve the public. The present government attaches the highest importance to the power of youth. Field-level development activities must be carried out economically, in line with the government’s expenditure-rationalisation policy.”
He called on the engineers to maintain professional relationships with contractors while ensuring that such relationships did not compromise the quality of their work. He stressed that they must perform their duties with honesty and dedication, without allowing negligence or laxity in project implementation.
The minister also emphasised that engineers must strictly follow government procurement rules and regulations when carrying out development projects at the field level. He urged them to combine prudent spending with rigorous attention to construction quality and infrastructure durability.
He further assured the engineers that the government had taken sincere initiatives to expedite the long-standing demand for bringing LGED engineers under a dedicated cadre structure.
During the event, the chief guest listened to questions from the newly appointed engineers and responded to their queries.
The programme, organised by LGED, was chaired by Local Government Division Senior Secretary Md Shahidul Hasan. LGED Chief Engineer Md Belal Hossain attended as the special guest. Senior officials from the ministry and the department were also present, along with 176 newly appointed assistant engineers participating in the training course.
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