Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the engineers to ensure services
to maximum number of people with limited resources, and make proper
utilisation of tax money of the people.
"We have resource constraints. It will be possible to render services to many more, if planned and proper utilisation of the limited resources is ensured," she said after inaugurating 53rd convention of the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) on the IEB premises in the city on Saturday.
The prime minister said the engineers have been given responsibility to construct roads, bridges, schools, colleges, universities, houses, mills, factories and other establishments, and 85 percent budget for development activities is spent through the engineers.
"So, quality maintenance and proper utilisation of state resources depends on honesty, dedication and efficiency of the engineers," she said.
For this, she said, emphasis would have to be given to proper planning and use of proper technologies. "I hope our engineers and technologists would give more attention to this end," she said.
She stressed the need for manufacturing sustainable machineries and infrastructure and their maintenance at a low cost as well as innovation of alternate energy and energy-saving machines and techniques for building low-cost houses.
Underscoring the need for adopting developed cultivation method as well as improving crop preservation method to ensure food security, the prime minister also urged the engineers to find out ways to reduce post-harvest losses as it accounts for around Tk 300 billion per year in the absence of appropriate preservation.
She put emphasis on sustainable and environment-friendly development programmes to face the adverse impacts of the climate change as it has appeared as a big challenge.
Referring to the government subsidy of around Tk 1 billion for importing agricultural equipment, Hasina hoped that the country could be self-reliant in producing the equipment through providing technology, training and capital to the manufacturers.
The prime minister praised the engineers for producing electronic voting machines (EVM) for holding all elections in a free, fair and transparent manner.
Earlier, Hasina distributed medals and certificates among 12 engineers for their outstanding contribution in their respective fields in 2011.
IEB president engineer Nurul Huda and general secretary engineer Abdus Sabur also spoke on the occasion, while engineer Munir Uddin Ahmed gave the welcome address and engineer Mohammad Hossain, member secretary of the 53rd Convention Preparation Committee, proposed a vote of thanks.
"We have resource constraints. It will be possible to render services to many more, if planned and proper utilisation of the limited resources is ensured," she said after inaugurating 53rd convention of the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) on the IEB premises in the city on Saturday.
The prime minister said the engineers have been given responsibility to construct roads, bridges, schools, colleges, universities, houses, mills, factories and other establishments, and 85 percent budget for development activities is spent through the engineers.
"So, quality maintenance and proper utilisation of state resources depends on honesty, dedication and efficiency of the engineers," she said.
For this, she said, emphasis would have to be given to proper planning and use of proper technologies. "I hope our engineers and technologists would give more attention to this end," she said.
She stressed the need for manufacturing sustainable machineries and infrastructure and their maintenance at a low cost as well as innovation of alternate energy and energy-saving machines and techniques for building low-cost houses.
Underscoring the need for adopting developed cultivation method as well as improving crop preservation method to ensure food security, the prime minister also urged the engineers to find out ways to reduce post-harvest losses as it accounts for around Tk 300 billion per year in the absence of appropriate preservation.
She put emphasis on sustainable and environment-friendly development programmes to face the adverse impacts of the climate change as it has appeared as a big challenge.
Referring to the government subsidy of around Tk 1 billion for importing agricultural equipment, Hasina hoped that the country could be self-reliant in producing the equipment through providing technology, training and capital to the manufacturers.
The prime minister praised the engineers for producing electronic voting machines (EVM) for holding all elections in a free, fair and transparent manner.
Earlier, Hasina distributed medals and certificates among 12 engineers for their outstanding contribution in their respective fields in 2011.
IEB president engineer Nurul Huda and general secretary engineer Abdus Sabur also spoke on the occasion, while engineer Munir Uddin Ahmed gave the welcome address and engineer Mohammad Hossain, member secretary of the 53rd Convention Preparation Committee, proposed a vote of thanks.
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