Chattogram’s CRB area: Citizens continue protest against hospital building project

People from all walks of life in Chattogram city today staged a demonstration for the seventh consecutive day protesting a government move to build a hospital at Chattogram Railway Building (CRB) area.

Hundreds of people under the banner of Nagarik Samaj gathered and protested against the project holding candles at CRB in the evening, reports our Chattogram staff correspondent.

Chattogram's Premier University Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Anupam Sen at the programme said, CRB is considered the oxygen centre of the city. "If any hospital or structure is constructed here, the environment will be affected," he added.

Janaswastha Songrongkhon Committee, Chattogram convener Dr Mahfuzur Rahman and International Crime Tribunal Prosecutor Advocate Rana Das Gupta were present at the programme.

Earlier in the morning, Bangladesh Nari Mukti Kendra demonstrated and held a rally protesting the project.

The government has taken an initiative to build a hospital via public-private partnership (PPP) in the area.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) signed an agreement with United Enterprise and Company Limited for a PPP project worth Tk 400 crore on March 18, 2020, under which the latter would build a medical college, a 500-bed hospital and a nursing institute, said sources in BR, east zone.