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PM Hasina orders construction of silos in the south

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 09 Jun 2021, 09:49 am

Dhaka, June 9: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed to build more silos in the southern part of the country. The Prime Minister gave the directive at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday (June 8), Planning Minister MA Mannan said.

"The Prime Minister said that more silos should be constructed in the south. Bhola, Patuakhali, Barguna- these places produce large quantities of paddy, so silos should be built," the Planing Minister said.

"The Prime Minister has an objection to the switch gate. We have a cost with the switch gate, then it does not work. The Prime Minister says it is not right. The main thing is not to create any unusual obstruction in the flow of water," he said.

"The Prime Minister also spoke about tissue culture extensively and said we need to do it more. The Minister of Agriculture said that we are self-sufficient in seed tissue culture. Before, almost everything had to be imported," the lawmaker added.

The minister also spoke about the need to export potatoes.

We were exporting potatoes but it stopped due to some problems," he said.