Women entrepreneurs of Rajshahi will be allotted commercial plots
within next one month for setting up silk and boutique industries
there.
State Minister for Industries Omar Faruque Chowdhury has recently
directed the concerned officials of BSCIC, Rajshahi, to arrange and
allocate plots among women entrepreneurs along Link Road of BSCIC
Industrial area in Rajshahi as soon as possible.
The decision to allot plots to the woman entrepreneurs of Rajshahi was
taken at a meeting held with the Minister with Rajshahi Divisional
Women Entrepreneurs and Members of Rajshahi Raskha Sangram Parishad at
the Ministry of Industries on last Wednesday noon.
The meeting was attended, among others, by Additional Secretary of the
Ministry of Industries Farhad Uddin, Managing Director of SME
Foundation Engineer Mujibur Rahman, BSCIC Director Jahangir Molllah,
President of Rajshahi Rashkha Sangram Parishad and NASCIB Liakat Ali,
General Secretary of RRSP Zamat Khan, leader of women entrepreneurs
Selina Khatun and top officials of BSCIC and SME foundation.
In the meeting, women entrepreneurs of Rajshahi apprised the minister
about the drawbacks and hurdles in establishing industries in Rajshahi
region. They said, there are many promising women entrepreneurs in
Rajshahi region but due to lack of adequate fund and want of
industrial plots they were not being able to establish industries.
They also alleged that despite there being favourable rules, the banks
and financial institutions of the region are reluctant to disburse
collateral free loan to the women entrepreneurs.
Women entrepreneurs in the meeting demanded to establish sales centres
for selling produced goods by the women at BSCIC industrial estate in
Rajshahi in addition to sanctioning plots for them. They also drew
attention for allocation of collateral free cluster loan for the new
entrepreneurs and provide improved training for the expansion of silk
and boutique industries. They also emphasised for training of women
entrepreneurs abroad.
RRSP leaders also requested the minister to allocate money from
climate fund to protect river banks in Rajshahi region.
State Minister for Industries Omar Faruque Chowhdury directed the
concerned authorities to take pragmatic step to allocate loan and
increase training facilities for women entrepreneurs. -Our
Correspondent
