The government on Tuesday approved and revised eight development projects with a combined cost of Tk 32.89 billion. Presided over by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) endorsed the projects mostly for the infrastructure development.
After the meeting, planning minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said the government would allocate Tk 24.12 billion from the internal resources while Tk 8.42 billion from the external resources as the project aid and Tk 345.9 million from the autonomous bodies’ own funds.
The projects approved by ECNEC include the improvement of different roads inside the Rajshahi City Corporation areas at Tk 1.73 billion, upgrade of the important regional roads (Khulna zone) at Tk 5.99 billion, Upgrade of the important regional the roads (Rangpur zone) at Tk 5.98 billion, upgrade of the important regional the roads (Comilla zone) at Tk 4.76 billion and Police line construction at Barisal metropolitan and Khulna district project at Tk 1.52 billion.
The road development from Kishoreganj-Karimganj-Chamraghat-Mithamoin (Chamraghat-Mithamoin part) (2nd revision) at Tk 1.33 billion, environmental infrastructure project (revised) at Tk 10.58 billion and setting up of 10-kilowatt FM Radio stations at Mymensingh and Gopalganj project (revised) at Tk 1.0 billion cost are among the projects the council revised. Ministers, Planning Commission members and its high officials and secretaries of different ministries were present at the ECNEC meeting.
