Sarwaruddin, Chittagong Bureau :
The overall scenario of the port city Chittagong will be changed following the implementation of three mega projects for removing water logging.This was disclosed by the Chairman of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) Abdus Salam at a views exchange meeting held at Well Park Hotel at GEC point on Saturday.
CDA chairman termed these projects as the gifts of Prime Minister for the Chittagong people. He said I am very happy as she gave the projects to CDA for implementation.
CDA Chairman informed that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Planning Commission have approved the CDA’s canals re-excavation, expansion and renovation project and Water Development Board’s flood control, removing water-logging and improving drainage system project.
Under this scheme, 5,28,214 cubic meters soil will be removed from 36 canals flowing through Chittagong city alongside removing 4.20 lakh cubic meters mud, he said. “Besides, 98 acres of land will be acquired and 1.76 lakh meters retaining walls and 76km roads will be constructed under it apart from constructing a number of bridges and culverts.” He added that government will construct the second elevated expressway in Chittagong to ease traffic congestion in the port city by 2020.
CDA has undertaken Tk 32.57 billion project to construct 16.5-kilometer long elevated expressway from Lalkhan Bazar to Shah Amanat Airport.
This will be the second elevated expressway project after the 21-km Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) which is to be constructed by a Thai company Ital-Thai on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) basis.
The CDA will start the construction of the expressway soon. The proposed expressway will connect the existing 6.8-kilometer flyover stretched between Muradpur Gate-2 to Lalkhan Bazar in the port city.
Among others, City Planner Shahinul Islam, Chief Engineer of CDA Jashim Uddin, Deputy secretary of CDA Amol Guha, CDA Board members Jashim Uddin, K B M Shahajan, Shohel Sakur were also present at the view exchange meeting.
The overall scenario of the port city Chittagong will be changed following the implementation of three mega projects for removing water logging.This was disclosed by the Chairman of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) Abdus Salam at a views exchange meeting held at Well Park Hotel at GEC point on Saturday.
CDA chairman termed these projects as the gifts of Prime Minister for the Chittagong people. He said I am very happy as she gave the projects to CDA for implementation.
CDA Chairman informed that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Planning Commission have approved the CDA’s canals re-excavation, expansion and renovation project and Water Development Board’s flood control, removing water-logging and improving drainage system project.
Under this scheme, 5,28,214 cubic meters soil will be removed from 36 canals flowing through Chittagong city alongside removing 4.20 lakh cubic meters mud, he said. “Besides, 98 acres of land will be acquired and 1.76 lakh meters retaining walls and 76km roads will be constructed under it apart from constructing a number of bridges and culverts.” He added that government will construct the second elevated expressway in Chittagong to ease traffic congestion in the port city by 2020.
CDA has undertaken Tk 32.57 billion project to construct 16.5-kilometer long elevated expressway from Lalkhan Bazar to Shah Amanat Airport.
This will be the second elevated expressway project after the 21-km Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) which is to be constructed by a Thai company Ital-Thai on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) basis.
The CDA will start the construction of the expressway soon. The proposed expressway will connect the existing 6.8-kilometer flyover stretched between Muradpur Gate-2 to Lalkhan Bazar in the port city.
Among others, City Planner Shahinul Islam, Chief Engineer of CDA Jashim Uddin, Deputy secretary of CDA Amol Guha, CDA Board members Jashim Uddin, K B M Shahajan, Shohel Sakur were also present at the view exchange meeting.
