The Disaster Management and Relief Ministry has given an extension to parliament members and upazila chairmen for submitting project proposals to be funded from special allocations given to them.
MPs from both general and reserved seats and upazila chairmen will now get until June 10 for submitting project proposals.
The special allocation was given to them in two phases in April and May to continue infrastructural development in their areas under the Food for Works (FFW) programme.
Letters from the ministry, signed by Senior Assistant Secretary Mohammad Monirul Islam, were sent to the district and upazila level administrations asking them to take steps in implementing the projects in consultation with the local public representatives.
According to the letter, the MPs and upazila chairmen will have to submit their projects to the district steering committees led by local deputy commissioners.
The projects that would be approved by the district steering committee, must be implemented within June 20. The authority will release allotted funds for the projects until June 30, the letter said.
It also said projects submitted after June 10 would not be accepted.
The ministry asked the deputy commissioner and upazila nirbahi officers to communicate with the MPs and upazila chairmen and collect the projects within the due period.
Earlier, the ministry released special cash allotment against 334 parliament members and 487 upazila parishad chairmen. Each of the MPs from the general seats received the price of 300 tonnes rice and the those from the reserved women seats received the price of 100 tonnes of rice.
At the same time, over Tk53.7 crore was given as special allotment to the 487 upazila parishad chairmen from around the country. The money was to be given to them in accordance with their demands and the size and population of their respcective areas.
The funds for special allotment would be spent in the “food for money” programme under the FFW programme of the ministry.
