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Govt plans to construct Bangabandhu int’l airport nearby Dhaka
DHAKA, March 20, 2019 (BSS) – The government has planned to construct
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Airport nearby the capital
Dhaka with a view to enhancing air connectivity and establishing Bangladesh
as a centre of air communication between the eastern and western countries.
The information was revealed at the second meeting of the Parliamentary
Committee on Public Undertakings held at Sangsad Bhaban here today with its
chairman ASM Feroz in the chair, an official release said.
The meeting informed that Japanese firm – Nippon Koei Co. Ltd – was
conducting a feasibility study on the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
International Airport Project.
Members of the committee – Mostafizur Rahman, Ismat Ara Sadique, Md
Mahbubul Alam Hanif, Mirza Azam, Muhammad Nazrul Islam and Mohibur Rahman
Manik – attended the meeting.
The meeting discussed the overall activities of Bangladesh Water
Development Board (BWDB) and the Civil Aviation Authority in detail.
During the meeting, the committee members said the BWDB constructed 52
embankments in Sunamganj, Sylhet, Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Netrakona and
Kishoreganj under its different projects this dry season to protect paddy
field in the haor region from flash flood.
To implement the Bangladesh Delta Plan-2100, they said, different projects
have been formulated to excavate rivers, canals and wetlands in the country’s
all districts aiming to increase the navigability of rivers, the water
reserving capacity of wetland as well as the groundwater recharge and
conserve biodiversity across the country.
Senior officials of the Water Resources Ministry and the Civil Aviation and
Tourism Ministry were present during the meeting.
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