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Ecnec okays 18 projects worth Taka 11,387.91cr


Published : 06 Jun 2023 10:06 PM

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a record of 18 projects worth Tk 11,387.91 crore including Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation project.

The approval came from the ECNEC meeting held with its Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair on Tuesday.

Ministers, state ministers, planning commission members and secretaries concerned attended the meeting at the NEC Conference Room in the city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, Planning Minister MA Mannan said the day's ECNEC meeting approved a total of 18 projects involving an overall estimated cost of Tk 11,387.91 crore. 

“Of the total project cost, Tk 7,445.34 crore will come from the government funds, Tk 80.78 crore from the concerned organization's own fund while the rest of Tk 3,861.79 crore as project assistance," the Minister added.

Of the 18 approved projects, nine are new while nine are revised projects. 

Besides, the meeting approved the time-frame extension of a project without raising its cost.

The projects approved in the ECNEC meeting are: Protecting Shaheed BirshresthaMunshiAbdurRoufSmritiJadughor, connecting roads and other areas from the erosion of the left embankment of Modhumoti River under Faridpur district and conducting dredging with Tk 481.10 crore, Rural infrastructural development of Bagerhat district with Tk 877.53 crore, and Establishment of six new regional offices for inventing areas-based variety of rice.

Besides, technology innovation and development of existing laboratory with Tk 369.30 crore, Rural infrastructural development of Netrakona district with Tk 1,428 crore, Ashrayan-2 Project, 5th revised with a reduced cost of Tk 2,343.23 crore, Construction of 19 hostels with modern facilities for the students of 10 medical colleges with Tk 1,428.75 crore, Establishment of Patuakhali Medical College and Hospital, Patuakhali, 1st revised with an additional cost of Tk 66.55 crore, Establishing Fine Arts Faculty Building at Jahangirnagar University with Tkka 96.96 crore, Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation (HEAT) project with Tk 4,016.57 crore, Important urban infrastructures development, 2nd phase, 1st revised with an additional cost of Tk 953 crore have been approved.

The other projects approved in the meeting are; Bangladesh Regional Connectivity Project-1: Development of Sheola, Ramgarh, and Bholaganj Land port and modernization of security system, 2nd revised with an additional cost of Tk 234.27 crore, Construction of three link roads connecting Satkhira Road and city bypass road, 1st revised with an additional cost of Tk 323.13 crore, Establishing Meat Processing Plant at Savar Cantonment with Tk 89.02 crore, Development of telecommunication, ICT infrastructures, Human Resources and technical capacity of DGFI, 2nd revised with an additional cost of Tk 253.81 crore, Construction of 3rd and 4th dual gauge line on Dhaka-Tongi section and dual gauge double line at Joydevpur section of Bangladesh Railway, 2nd revised with an additional cost of Tk 2,235.75 crore, Construction of Chattogram City Outer Ring Road, 4th revised with an additional cost of Tk 648.19 crore, Establishment of National Development Administration Academy, 3rd revised with a reduced cost of Tk 20.79 crore and Rural infrastructural development of Narail district with Tk 250 crore.