DHAKA, Sept 23, 2021 (BSS) - Parliamentary Standing Committee on the 
Ministry of Shipping today recommended taking necessary action for auctioning 
vehicles left nonfunctional inside Chattogram Port area.

  The recommendation came from the 34th meeting of the committee held at 
Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban here with Committee Chairman Major Rafiqul Islam in the 
chair.

  The committee also expressed satisfaction on overall activities of the 
Chattogram Port Authority.

   During the meeting, the JS committee discussed 'Mongla Port Authority 
Bill, 2021' as the bill had been placed in the Jatiya Sangsad.

  Committee members - State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, 
Ranjit Kumar Roy, Mahfuzur Rahman, Dr Samil Uddin Ahmed Shimul, M Aslam 
Hossain Sawdagar and SM Shahjada, among others, attended the meeting.

  The parliamentary committee elaborately discussed present activities, 
existing problems and solution of the Chattogram Port Authority along with 
financial expenditure of the projects undertaken between the periods of July 
2016 and June 2020.

   Shipping Secretary Mohammad Mesbah Uddin Chowdhury, Mongla and Chattogram 
Port Authority Chairmen and other ministry officials were present.