Ecnec approves 9 projects involving Tk36,695cr

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council
(Ecnec) today (13 May) approved nine projects with an estimated total cost of
Tk36,695.72 crore.
Of the total project cost,
Tk36,490.93 crore will come from government funding, while Tk204.79 crore will
be financed from the respective organisations' own funds.
The approval came during a meeting
held at the Secretariat, chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, who is also
the Ecnec chairperson.
Among the nine projects, three are new, five are revised,
and one involves a duration extension.
The meeting was attended by Finance
and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Local Government Minister
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Energy Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku,
Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin-ur Rashid Yasin, and Commerce Minister
Khandakar Abdul Muktadir, among other cabinet members.
The committee addressed cultural
and social infrastructure, approving the second revisions for both the
Chattogram Muslim Institute Cultural Complex and the multi-storey building for
the Department of Public Libraries.
In the healthcare sector, a new
project was approved to upgrade existing Mother and Child Welfare Centres in
district towns into 30-bed facilities during its first phase.
The Information and Communication Technology Division received approval for the
third revision of the "Supportive Infrastructure Construction for Hi-Tech
City-2" project.
Ecnec also approved the second
revised project for the construction and reconstruction of government
children's homes and "Chhotomoni Nibash" facilities under the
Ministry of Social Welfare.
Under the Ministry of Defence,
approval was given to a project aimed at easing accommodation shortages for
soldiers in Savar Cantonment through the construction of four SM barrack
complexes.
In the transport and urban
development sector, the committee cleared the fifth revision of the Chattogram
City Outer Ring Road, stretching from Patenga to Sagorika.
Among the most significant
approvals is the first phase of the Padma Barrage project under the Ministry of
Water Resources.
Energy security also received a
boost with the approval of a revised project to construct a gas pipeline from
Dhanua to Mymensingh, specifically designed to supply gas to the Mymensingh
Combined Cycle Power Plant.
The meeting was also informed about
two projects worth less than Tk50 crore that had already received approval from
the planning minister: infrastructure development at Mymensingh Zilla School
and construction of an airmen barrack complex at Bangladesh Air Force Base
Kurmitola.
















