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ECNEC approves 8 projects worth Taka 8,968.08cr
DHAKA, Sept 17, 2019 (BSS) – The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved eight development projects involving Taka 8,968.08 crore including one to set up 100-bed full-fledged cancer treatment centers in all the eight divisional government medical college hospitals with Taka 2,388.40 crore.
The approval came up at the 6th ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair held at the NEC Conference Room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.
Briefing the reporters after the meeting, Planning Minister MA Mannan said that a total of 8 projects were approved today involving an overall cost of Taka 8,968.08 crore. “Of the total project cost, Taka 8,952.59 crore will come from the state exchequer while the rest of Taka 15.49 crore from project assistance,”
Of the approved eight projects, five are new while three are revised projects.
The Planning Minister said the Health Services Division under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will implement the project for setting cancer treatment centers project by September 2022.
According to the recent estimation of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), around 1.50 lakh people are infected with cancer every year in Bangladesh while 1.08 lakh people die of cancer every year and the rate is increasing every year.
The main objectives of the project objectives include detecting cancer at the very early stage and thus ensure proper treatment, bringing the marginalized people under cancer treatment through decentralization of the treatment facilities.
The main project operations include constructing 17-storey buildings in all divisional medical college hospitals involving Taka 1,405.83 crore, procuring cancer treatment and surgery equipments with Taka 888.33 crore, and procuring necessary vehicles, ambulance and furniture.
At the very outset of the meeting, Planning Minister MA Mannan on behalf of his ECNEC colleagues congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with flower bouquet for receiving the Dr APJ Kalam Smriti International Excellence Award 2019.
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