Rural Infrastructure Development Activities
 
Growth Centres and Rural Markets (GC/RM)  
Growth Centres/Rural markets (GC/RM) constitute focal points for economic and trading activities serving rural hinterland. The GC/RM is the market place with physical feature like roads and pedestrian areas,platforms, and sheds,public water supply and sanitary facilities as well as provisions for drainage and refuse disposal.  

The aim is to have an Integrated development of physical infrastructure within a thana. Such a scheme of integrated development will be known as master scheme.In selecting a master scheme, more emphasis shall be given to the development of growth centre/rural market scheme and upgrading of market connecting roads while rehabilitation and construction of road structures shall be considered as support/auxiliary scheme.

 The types of schemes that can be taken up under  a master scheme shall be :
a) Development of growth centres/rural markets which can  include the following facilities:  
-Tube wells  
-Earthwork for sight improvement/elevation of market area  
-Drainage  
-HBB(Herring Bone Bond)surfacing of Internal roads and trading areas  
-Pucca sheds 
-Latrines and urinals  
-Pucca open sales area  
-Garbage pits 
- Woman marketing section  
b) Earth roads  
c) Rural Road bridges or culverts
Growth Centre of LGED
( Under Construction)
WOMEN'S MARKETING SECTION IN GROWTH CENTRES (WMS)
In Bangladesh women constitutes about 50% of our total population.They are mostly engaged in traditional household activities.Only about 8% of them are working outside the household.In order to promote women's participation in nontraditional activities, the program for development of "Women's marketing section" in Growth Centres is undertaken.
Basically the following item of works will be included in Women's marketing Section:
-Shed compising 4-5 rooms according to availability of space.
-Pucca floor with veranda.
-C.I.sheet/RCC slab roof.
-Hardboard/Partex celling with synthetic enamel paints in case of C.I. sheet roof.
-Break walls with plaster and white wash.
-Electrical wiring inside the rooms or shops if power line is available.
-Provision of attached sanitary latrines.
 

Ghats :
LGED constructs improved facilities at Ghats to provide safe efficient and hygienic conditions for the loading unloading and transfer of goods and passengers. Ghats have greatest importance where inland water transport are used. The demand for ghats is high  particularly in Haor areas where boat transport is the only means to get access to the national road network. The improved ghats will comprise "River-Bank" facilities for safe unloading and loading of goods and passengers and where necessary for mooring of boats and "on-land" facilities including a paved area, internal access road, drainage, a passenger shed, tubewells, latrines and garbage pits.

 
 

Last Updated: December 1,1999
By MIS Cell