Staff Reporter :
The government is mulling a plan to adopt a new project involving Tk 1.06 billion to purchase state-of-the-art equipment to prevent damage to city buildings from disasters such as earthquake and fire, sources said.
Under the project, initially the government will provide technical supports to government buildings and garment factories to install fire safety and earthquake resistance equipment for preventing losses from natural disasters.
Banks will provide loan to the garment factories for purchasing earthquake and fire safety equipment, added the sources.
The garment factories located in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Chittagong will get bank loan at lower interest for installation of earthquake resistance and fire safety equipment.
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the government of Bangladesh will provide required funds for implementing the project.
To this effect, the Ministry of Housing and Public Works has recently sent a project proposal to the Cabinet Division for approval.
“We have sent a project proposal to the Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase for approval in its next meeting,” project director of Public Works Department (PDB) Syed Mahfuz Ahmed told The New Nation yesterday.
Earlier, the Executive Committee on National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved the development project profile on February 2, 2016.
The PWD official said they will construct a ten-storey building for the fire service headquarters at Mirpur in the capital. Three fire service offices will also be rebuilt while six others will be retrofitted.
Ahmed, also additional chief engineer of PWD, said they will expand the project throughout the country gradually aiming to safeguard the buildings from natural disasters.
The government is mulling a plan to adopt a new project involving Tk 1.06 billion to purchase state-of-the-art equipment to prevent damage to city buildings from disasters such as earthquake and fire, sources said.
Under the project, initially the government will provide technical supports to government buildings and garment factories to install fire safety and earthquake resistance equipment for preventing losses from natural disasters.
Banks will provide loan to the garment factories for purchasing earthquake and fire safety equipment, added the sources.
The garment factories located in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Chittagong will get bank loan at lower interest for installation of earthquake resistance and fire safety equipment.
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the government of Bangladesh will provide required funds for implementing the project.
To this effect, the Ministry of Housing and Public Works has recently sent a project proposal to the Cabinet Division for approval.
“We have sent a project proposal to the Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase for approval in its next meeting,” project director of Public Works Department (PDB) Syed Mahfuz Ahmed told The New Nation yesterday.
Earlier, the Executive Committee on National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved the development project profile on February 2, 2016.
The PWD official said they will construct a ten-storey building for the fire service headquarters at Mirpur in the capital. Three fire service offices will also be rebuilt while six others will be retrofitted.
Ahmed, also additional chief engineer of PWD, said they will expand the project throughout the country gradually aiming to safeguard the buildings from natural disasters.
