UNB, Dhaka :
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved the establishment of six full-fledged BTV centers in six divisional cities of the country involving an estimated cost of Tk 1,391 crore, aiming to further strengthen the operations of the state-run television.
The approval came from the Ecnec meeting held at the NEC Conference Room with Ecnec chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said that a total of seven projects were approved today involving an estimated cost of Tk 5,238.54 crore.
“Of the total project cost, Tk 3,455.48 crore will come from the state exchequer, Tk 55.90 crore from the organization’s own fund while the rest of Tk 1,727.16 crore from project assistance,” he said.
Of the approved seven projects, six are new while another is a revised project.
The Planning Minister said initially there was a proposal for setting up five full-fledged BTV centers in the divisional cities of Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet and Barisal Division.
Later, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed the Ministry of Information and the BTV to establish another full-fledged BTV center
in Mymensingh alongside the already proposed BTV centers. The Planning Minister said that, the Bangladesh Television under the Ministry of Information will implement the establishment of six full-fledged BTV centers by December 2020.
Of the total project cost, the government will provide Tk 402.45 crore while the rest Tk 988.55 crore will come as project assistance from China.
The main project operations include establishment of six BTV centers, procurement of necessary equipments and machineries.
The new BTV centers would be established for creating massive mass awareness among people as well as broadcasting of national policies, production and broadcasting of various cultural, traditional and entertainment programmes of Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet, and Barisal region, boosting the revenue of the government and creating massive public awareness against terrorist and militant activities.
Regarding the implementation rate of Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the July-February period of the current fiscal year, AHM Mustafa Kamal said the implementation rate during this seven-month period stood at 36.91 percent with an overall expenditure of Tk 45,532 crore.
The ADP implementation rate during the July-February period of the last fiscal year was 34 percent with an overall expenditure of Tk 34,675 crore.
The day’s ECNEC meeting also approved a project titled ‘Making Herringbone Bond (HBB) of the rural roads to make those sustainable’ with an estimated cost of Tk 1,238.27 crore.
The Department of Disaster will implement the project by June 2019 with entire government fund to be implemented at 489 upazilas under 64 districts.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved the establishment of six full-fledged BTV centers in six divisional cities of the country involving an estimated cost of Tk 1,391 crore, aiming to further strengthen the operations of the state-run television.
The approval came from the Ecnec meeting held at the NEC Conference Room with Ecnec chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said that a total of seven projects were approved today involving an estimated cost of Tk 5,238.54 crore.
“Of the total project cost, Tk 3,455.48 crore will come from the state exchequer, Tk 55.90 crore from the organization’s own fund while the rest of Tk 1,727.16 crore from project assistance,” he said.
Of the approved seven projects, six are new while another is a revised project.
The Planning Minister said initially there was a proposal for setting up five full-fledged BTV centers in the divisional cities of Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet and Barisal Division.
Later, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed the Ministry of Information and the BTV to establish another full-fledged BTV center
in Mymensingh alongside the already proposed BTV centers. The Planning Minister said that, the Bangladesh Television under the Ministry of Information will implement the establishment of six full-fledged BTV centers by December 2020.
Of the total project cost, the government will provide Tk 402.45 crore while the rest Tk 988.55 crore will come as project assistance from China.
The main project operations include establishment of six BTV centers, procurement of necessary equipments and machineries.
The new BTV centers would be established for creating massive mass awareness among people as well as broadcasting of national policies, production and broadcasting of various cultural, traditional and entertainment programmes of Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet, and Barisal region, boosting the revenue of the government and creating massive public awareness against terrorist and militant activities.
Regarding the implementation rate of Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the July-February period of the current fiscal year, AHM Mustafa Kamal said the implementation rate during this seven-month period stood at 36.91 percent with an overall expenditure of Tk 45,532 crore.
The ADP implementation rate during the July-February period of the last fiscal year was 34 percent with an overall expenditure of Tk 34,675 crore.
The day’s ECNEC meeting also approved a project titled ‘Making Herringbone Bond (HBB) of the rural roads to make those sustainable’ with an estimated cost of Tk 1,238.27 crore.
The Department of Disaster will implement the project by June 2019 with entire government fund to be implemented at 489 upazilas under 64 districts.
