Experts urge govt to ensure transparent financing in urban development

The experts made the call at the first annual National Conference on Urban Resilience held in Spectra Convention Centre on Monday afternoon. Planning Commission Member Dr Shamsul Alam attended the plenary session titled "Financing the sustainable urban development agenda" as the chief guest. Catherine Cecil, team leader of PROKAS, said: “The city authorities should ensure transparent use of funds in the urban projects. Urban dwellers do not get benefited from big development projects if the authorities concerned do not reduce corruption.” Mamunur Rashid, a climate change specialist of UNDP, said: “The authorities concerned should seriously look into the environment issues while working on urban development projects.”