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ECNEC approves 6 projects with Tk 1,136.84cr
DHAKA, July 21, 2020 (BSS) – The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved six projects involving an overall estimated cost of Taka 1,136.84 crore, including a project to increase the crops intensity of greater Mymensingh region with Taka 123.66 crore.
The approval came from the 3rd ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year (FY21) held with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
The Prime Minister and Planning Minister MA Mannan joined the meeting through video conferencing from Ganobhaban while the ministers, state ministers, secretaries and others concerned joined the meeting from the NEC Conference Room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
“We had placed six projects of four ministries at the meeting. All the projects were approved. The total estimated cost of implementation of the projects is Taka 1,136.84 crore,” said MA Mannan in a virtual briefing after the ECNEC meeting.
He said of the total cost, Taka 1,028.51 crore will come from the state exchequer while Taka 108.30 crore from foreign sources as project assistance.
The planning minister said the Prime Minister, in the meeting, expressed dissatisfaction over the delay in implementation of development projects and asked different departments concerned to strengthen coordination among them to avert slowdown in project operations.
“The Prime Minister has expressed dissatisfaction over the slow pace in our (development) works and asked all concerned to expedite those. Lack of coordination (in implementation of projects) came to her notice…she repeatedly asked different departments to strengthen it (coordination),” said Mannan.
Among the projects, four are fresh while the rest two are revised ones.
Three of the six projects are from the Water Resources Ministry, while one each from Agriculture Ministry, Housing and Public Works Ministry and Road Transport and Highways Division.
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