Info centres to be built in all UPs: Nanak

State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak has said access to information as well as information technology by all is essential to materialise 'Vision 2021', announced by the present government.

"Getting information as well as services is very much essential in the technology-based life and livelihood," he said while addressing the concluding function of a national workshop as the chief guest on District Web Portal and Content in the city Tuesday, reports BSS.

To this end, he said, the government has undertaken an initiative to build an information centre in each Union Parishad (UP) of the country.

"Activities of such information centres have already begun in 30 UPs and construction work of more than 1,000 centres is going on," he added.

UNDP-funded Access to Information (A2I) Programme under the Prime Minister's Office organised the workshop for additional deputy commissioners and high officials of various levels.

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Mohammad Abdul Karim was the special guest at the function chaired by Project Director of the A2I Programme Nazrul Islam Khan.

"To make the programme successful, training for divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners was completed and training for Upazila Nirbahi Officers is on," Mr Nanak said, adding that web portal will be launched in all districts by December 16 under the A2I Project.