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ECNEC-MEETING TWO LAST DHAKA
The day’s ECNEC meeting also gave nod to the Emergency Water Supply Project to be implemented by Dhaka WASA with an estimated cost of Taka 732.32 crore.
Once the project is implemented by December 2023, it will be possible to supply an additional 447 MLD water to meet the growing demand in Dhaka metropolis benefitting around 1.60 crore people directly or indirectly.
The planning minister said a demonstration on a proposed website and apps being developed by the Planning Ministry was made before the ECNEC meeting today to know in details and progress of various development projects. “The Prime Minister was happy to see this demonstration,” he added.
The other projects approved in the meeting are Aminbazar Landfill Extension and Modernization with Taka 786.27 crore, Sheikhpara (Jhenidah)-Shailokopa-Langolbandh (Sripur)-Wapdamor (Magura) district highway widening and strengthening with Taka 267.59 crore, Rajshahi BSCIC Industrial Estate, 1st revised with Taka 40.96 crore, Protection of Right Embankment of River Jamuna under Bera upazila in Pabna with Taka 433.10 crore, Protection of right and left embankments of River Dharla under Kurigram Sadar, Rajarhat and Phulbari upazilas with Taka 595 crore, Protecting Charbagdanga and Shahjahanpur areas under Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila from the erosion of River Padma with Taka 566.12 crore.
Ministers and state ministers attended the meeting while planning commission members and secretaries concerned were present.
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