The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved eight development projects involving Tk 1576.32 crore, including one to develop some 1557 km district roads under 10 zones to ensure safe road communication across the country.
The approval came from the 30th ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year held at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area with ECNEC chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
Briefing newsmen after the meeting, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said that a total of eight projects were approved today with a total outlay of Tk 1576.32 crore. “Of the total project cost, Tk 1,560.82 crore will come from the government exchequer while Tk 15.50 crore from the organisation’s own fund”.
Of the eight projects, six are new while two are revised projects.
Roads and Highways Department under the Roads and Highways Division will implement a project titled ‘Development of district roads (Dhaka Zone, Mymensingh Zone, Chittagong Zone, Comilla Zone, Sylhet Zone, Khulna Zone, Barisal Zone, Gopalganj Zone, Rajshahi Zone and Rangpur Zone)’.
