ZCZC
BSS-19
ECNEC-MEETING-TWO LAST
” The prime minister also asked the authorities to further strengthen the waste management system at the industrial sector as well as setting up Central Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) where it is necessary,” he added.
The planning minister informed that the Premier also underscored the need for keeping water bodies or water reservoirs nearby any establishment or any project infrastructure to be set up. She also directed the architects to keep adequate ventilation system and verandas in the government buildings.
The Prime Minister renewed her directives to the project officials to refrain from wastage and any misuse during implementation of the development schemes side by side completing those in the stipulated timeframe, he said.
Answering to a question, the planning minister said the government is aware of the fact that the development projects often experience time over-run and it is also trying its best to reduce such time over-run.
Mannan said delay in land acquisition is still the number one problem in project implementation which the government is trying to address with extreme care while the government is also pursuing so that the project directors remain in their project sites during the implementation period.
He said the government pursues the policy of not constructing any new road, rather to strengthen and widen the existing roads and highways with constructing necessary underpasses and overpasses.
The other projects approved in the meeting are Establishment of BSCIC Industrial Park, Sirajganj, 3rd revised, with an additional cost of Taka 91.11 crore, Construction of Soil Resource Development Institute (SRDI) building with enhancement of its capacity with Taka 143.30 crore, Establishment of Sheikh Hasina Medical College & Hospital and Nursing College, 1st revised with an additional cost of Taka 233.92 crore, Development of selected educational institutions at Haor areas in Kishoreganj with Taka 393.41 crore, Upgrading Betgram-Tala-Paikgachha-Koira Road into due standard with Taka 339.58 crore, Construction of Laxmipur road connecting road and Laxmipur-Char Alexander-Sonapur-Maizdi road widening with Taka 369.43 crore and Bhola (Poran Talukderhat)-Charfashion (Charmanika) regional highway development with Taka 849.40 crore.
Ministers and State Ministers attended the meeting while Planning Commission members and Secretaries concerned were present.
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