BSS, Dhaka :
The government will set up a new dual gauge rail line on Dhaka-Narayanganj section for better transportation of passengers and goods to and from the capital city.
Under the project, 21.50 kilometer long dual gauge rail line would be laid, which will enable movement of 76 trains daily to carry some 93,000 passengers.
The approval came from today’s meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) held at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Banglanagar with ECNEC chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
Planning Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal, after the meeting, told reporters the ECNCE approved a total of six development projects with an outlay of 1,031 crore including setting up of a new dual gauge rail line involving Taka 378.66 crore.
“Of the total project cost of Taka 1,031 crore, the government will provide Taka 695.62 crore from the national exchequer while the remaining Taka 336.05 crore will come as project assistance,” he added.
The minister said among the six projects, two are new while four are revised projects.
State Minister for Finance and Planning M A Mannan was present at the briefing.
The new dual gauge rail line on Dhaka-Narayanganj section , would be set up in parallel with the existing meter gauge rail line. Of the total cost of Taka 378.66 crore for laying dual gauge rail line, the Planning Minister said the government would provide Taka 129.11 crore while Japan would provide the remaining Taka 249.55 crore as grant. The Ministry of Railways will implement the project by June 2017.
“Once the project is implemented, some 76 trains would be able to carry about 93,000 passengers on this busy railway route per day,” said Kamal.
The ECNEC meeting also gave nod to the project titled “Construction of Labour Tower” involving Taka 63.06 crore under which a 25-storey building would be built on city’s Syed Shaheed Nazrul Islam Avenue on 20 decimal of land, which would also be the tallest government building, to be implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Employment by December 2017.
The other projects approved in the meeting are Development of Pahartoli Workshop, 1st revised with Taka 217.89 crore, construction of three PC Girder Bridges on Sirajganj-Kazipur-Dhunat road (Shaluabhita, Paikortoli and Ghorachara) and building of super structures on the existing three Bailey bridges (Noilsapara, Fakirtala and Sonamukhi), 1st revised with Taka 49.47 crore, Technology Development of generating solar power with low cost, 1st revised with Taka 27.78 crore and establishment of 11 secondary schools and six colleges at Dhaka Metropolis, 2nd revised with Taka 294.81 crore.
The government will set up a new dual gauge rail line on Dhaka-Narayanganj section for better transportation of passengers and goods to and from the capital city.
Under the project, 21.50 kilometer long dual gauge rail line would be laid, which will enable movement of 76 trains daily to carry some 93,000 passengers.
The approval came from today’s meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) held at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Banglanagar with ECNEC chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
Planning Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal, after the meeting, told reporters the ECNCE approved a total of six development projects with an outlay of 1,031 crore including setting up of a new dual gauge rail line involving Taka 378.66 crore.
“Of the total project cost of Taka 1,031 crore, the government will provide Taka 695.62 crore from the national exchequer while the remaining Taka 336.05 crore will come as project assistance,” he added.
The minister said among the six projects, two are new while four are revised projects.
State Minister for Finance and Planning M A Mannan was present at the briefing.
The new dual gauge rail line on Dhaka-Narayanganj section , would be set up in parallel with the existing meter gauge rail line. Of the total cost of Taka 378.66 crore for laying dual gauge rail line, the Planning Minister said the government would provide Taka 129.11 crore while Japan would provide the remaining Taka 249.55 crore as grant. The Ministry of Railways will implement the project by June 2017.
“Once the project is implemented, some 76 trains would be able to carry about 93,000 passengers on this busy railway route per day,” said Kamal.
The ECNEC meeting also gave nod to the project titled “Construction of Labour Tower” involving Taka 63.06 crore under which a 25-storey building would be built on city’s Syed Shaheed Nazrul Islam Avenue on 20 decimal of land, which would also be the tallest government building, to be implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Employment by December 2017.
The other projects approved in the meeting are Development of Pahartoli Workshop, 1st revised with Taka 217.89 crore, construction of three PC Girder Bridges on Sirajganj-Kazipur-Dhunat road (Shaluabhita, Paikortoli and Ghorachara) and building of super structures on the existing three Bailey bridges (Noilsapara, Fakirtala and Sonamukhi), 1st revised with Taka 49.47 crore, Technology Development of generating solar power with low cost, 1st revised with Taka 27.78 crore and establishment of 11 secondary schools and six colleges at Dhaka Metropolis, 2nd revised with Taka 294.81 crore.
