Farewell reception and one-time arrears cheque distribution of retired officers and employees of Noakhali Municipality were held at the Rabiul Hossain Kochi Convention Hall of the municipality on Sunday afternoon.
Noakhali Municipal Mayor Shahid Ullah Khan distributed the cheques as the chief guest. On the occasion, 21 retired officers and employees of the municipality received one-time cheques worth a total of Tk 1.15 crore and honorary mementos.
Panel Mayor Ratan Krishna Pal, Nasim Uddin Sunam, Executive Engineer Sujit Baruya, Secretary Shyamal Kumar Dutta, Councilors, officials and employees of different levels were present on the occasion.
The mayor said at the time that the former mayor had left a one-time arrears of more than Tk 9 million for retired officers and employees. When he took charge he took an initiative to pay these arrears.
In his view, if the officials and employees of the municipality are deprived all the structures of the municipality will collapse.