A daylong citizens leadership dialogue with public representatives was held in Rajshahi on Monday aimed at ensuring transparency and accountability in service deliveries through boosting bilateral relations between the citizens and public representatives.
The dialogue titled "Interaction between citizens and political leaders on pre-election promises" was held at Hotel Warisan with participation of development activists, members of the civil society, youth leaders and other think-tanks.
On behalf of its 'Initiative to Develop the Leadership skills in Socio- political sector at Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions' project, Rupantar organized the dialogue supported by USAID and International Republic Institute (IRI).
Ward Councillors of Rajshahi City Corporation Tahera Khatun, Sultana Ahmed Sagorika, Shariful Islam, Nuruzzaman Tuku and Matiur Rahman responded to various questions related to the civic services raised by the participants.
IRI Senior Programme Manager Amtav Ghosh, Rupantar Project Coordinator Ashim Ananda Das and Chairman of Sundarban Academy Prof Anwarul Kadir addressed the dialogue as resource persons disseminating their expertise on the issue.
Divisional Coordinator of National Heart Foundation Ehsanul Amin moderated the discussion.
Various issues, particularly birth-death registration, waste stagnant in drains, mosquito menace, development of marginalized people, cultural activities promotion, traffic jam and holding taxes, were discussed elaborately in the dialogue.
