Signing agreement for Jhilmil Residential Park held

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Business desk :
A contract-signing ceremony between RAJUK and Malaysia-based company BNG Global Holding SDN, BNG for the development of ‘Jhilmil Residential Park’ inside the Jhilmil Apartment Project under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) was held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel at on Wednesday, says a press release.
A tri-nation consortium comprising BNG Global SDN, Jianxi Construction Engineering Ltd and Multiplex Holdings Limited will build the proposed park.
Housing and Public Works Minister Engr Mosharraf Hossain will attend the function as chief guest while Planning Minister AHM Mostofa Kamal and State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid attended as special guests.
The event will also be attended, among others, by Rick Haque Sikder and Ron Haque Sikder, Chairman, and Managing Director respectively of Multiplex Holdings Limited.
Project Director Abdul Latif Helaly will make a power-point presentation on the project while RAJUK Chairman Md Abdur Rahman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the PPP Authority Syed Afsor H Uddin, CEO and Founder of BNG Global Holding SDN will also address the ceremony.
Jhilmil Residential Project is a much-publicized venture of the government, located in Keraniganj, on about 160 acres of land at a cost of Tk 8,000 crore under RAJUK.
The project mainly aims at reducing the growing pressure of population in Dhaka city through creating housing opportunity for the city dwellers on its outskirts. It will offer affordable housing in a planned and structured manner.
It is hoped that the project will contribute significantly to reducing acute housing problem in the city, developing a new township and expanding economic facilities, mitigating future housing demands and also to delivering an economically viable project in an environmentally and socially suitable atmosphere.
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