The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved the 3rd Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project (UGIIP-3) involving Tk 4,046.17 crore to improve the physical infrastructure and urban services of 36 municipalities under the country's seven divisions, reports UNB.
The approval came at the regular ECNEC meeting 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 reporters after the meeting, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said a total of 12 projects were approved at the meeting at an estimated cost of Tk 10,147.57 crore.
Of the total project cost, Tk 6,280.64 crore will come from the state exchequer while Tk 235.59 crore from the organisations' own fund and the rest of Tk 3,631.34 crore will come as project assistance.
The rest projects include land development project with extension of sanitary landfill in Matuail, establishing an multi-storey building for the cleaners of Dhaka North City Corporation in Gabtoli City Palli, widening of important regional highways, construction of 'Kalia Bridge' over the Naboganga River in Kalia of Narail district, upgradation of Hemayetpur-Singair-Manikganj regional highway and cyber threat detection and response project.
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