Staff Correspondent:
Dhaka, Oct-05,
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a Taka 1,435.89 crore project to upgrade the Tangail-Delduar-Louhati-Saturia-Kawalipara-Kalampur bus stand road regional highway to due standard and width to ensure safe and uninterrupted road communication system.
The approval came in
the 5th ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year (FY22) with ECNEC Chairperson
and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
The Premier joined the
meeting virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence while Ministers, State
Ministers, Planning Commission members and secretaries concerned attended it
from the NEC Conference Room in city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.
Briefing reporters
after the meeting, Planning Minister MA Mannan said a total of nine projects
were approved today involving an overall estimated cost of Taka 6,551.27 crore.
"Of the total
project cost, Taka 3,742.29 crore will come from the government of Bangladesh
portion, Taka 26.22 crore from the concerned organization's own fund while the
rest of Taka 2,782.76 crore as project assistance," he said.
Among the approved nine
projects, four are new while five others are revised ones.
The planning minister
said that the Roads and Highways Department under the
Road Transport and
Highways Division will implement the road upgradation project in Tangail by
December, 2023.
Once the project is
completed, safe and uninterrupted road communication will be established in
Tangail, Delduar, Nagarpur, Dhamrai and Saturia upazilas with Manikganj and
Dhaka in much lesser time.
The main project
operations include 73.44 hectares of land acquisition,
construction of five PC
girder bridges, widening and strengthening of pavements, construction of one
grade separated intersection and one U-loop or underpass, construction of 31
RCC box culverts, 13.26 lakh cubic meter road embankment widening, and
construction of drains.
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