Dhaka, April 19 -- Chattogram Mayor Shahadat Hossain says no hospital or new structure will be approved for construction in the CRB area of the port city.

He also mentioned that he had discussed the matter with Railway Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam.

His remarks came on Sunday morning while responding to the media at the inauguration of a special canal and drainage cleaning programme in the Jamalkhan Lichu Tola area of the city.

The mayor made the announcement amid renewed discussions about reviving the private hospital construction project at the Central Railway Building (CRB), the headquarters of Bangladesh Railway Eastern Zone.

The railway minister is scheduled to visit the proposed hospital project site in the CRB area later in the a...