The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a project for procurement of equipment for solid waste management in Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations involving Taka 160.12 crore.
The approval came from an ECNEC meeting held at the NEC conference room in the city on Tuesday with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
Briefing journalists after the meeting Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said the ECNEC meeting approved a total of 11 projects involving a cost of Taka 3,723.06 crore.
Of the total cost, Taka 3,603.67 crore will come from the government exchequer, Taka 96.89 crore from project assistance while Taka 22.50 crore will come from the own fund of the organisations concerned, said Kamal.
He said procurement of equipment for solid waste management project has been taken to improve the sanitary system of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) by reducing carbon emission and sustainable waste management.
