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Quader for completing road maintenance works before rainy season
DHAKA, Jan 14, 2019 (BSS) – Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul
Quader today asked the authorities concerned to complete road maintenance
works before rainy season.
“The ongoing road construction works needs to be completed within the
scheduled time by maintaining quality,” he told a meeting in the conference
room of the ministry here.
Secretary of Road Transport and Bridges Division Md Nazrul Islam, Chief
Engineer of Roads and Highways Department Ibne Alam Hasan, Chairman of
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) Md Moshiur Rahman and Chairman of
Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) Farid Ahmed Bhuiyan, among
others, were present at the meeting.
Quader said, “We have recovered occupied roads and highways removing
illegal establishments and floating markets…..We have to complete the
initiative for recovering illegal structures for ensuring smooth road
communication system.”
He said communication systems in CHT areas should be built so that the
tourism sector can flourish in the region. Four lane road construction works
on Elenga-Rangpur highway at a cost of Taka 12,000 crore are going to start
from next month, Quader added.
He said, “The construction work of four lane roads on Joydebpur-Elenga
highways are nearly complete…. The four-lane roads on Joydebpur-Elenga will
be opened after its construction in June.”
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