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RCC implementing Tk 702.82cr road development projects
RAJSHAHI, July 22, 2020 (BSS) – Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has been implementing five road development projects involving around Taka 702.82 crore aiming at ensuring a comfortable road communication network in the city.
Population density has gradually been increasing in the metropolis with the influx of huge city-bound people and multiplication of high rise buildings. Taking the issues into special consideration, the city corporation has taken steps to reshuffle the city’s road system.
City Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton revealed this while sharing views with journalists on developments of the city in the city bhaban conference hall on Tuesday afternoon.
“We have adopted time-fitting measures of widening all the narrow roads besides transforming the existing curved roads into longitudinal with decorative looks in phases,” he said, adding public sufferings due to the road related problems will be mitigated.
Panel Mayor Shariful Islam Babu, Chief Executive Officer Dr Sharif Uddin, Secretary Abu Hayat Rahmatullah, Chief Engineer Khandaker Khairul Bashar and Executive Engineer Golam Murshed were present on the occasion.
Mayor Liton said the city corporation has been implementing the projects to attain the cherished goal of developing a sustainable citizen-friendly living atmosphere after installing the scopes of quality physical infrastructural facilities of roads.
A four-lane east-west connecting road from the Rajshahi-Naogaon highway to Mohanpur Rajshahi-Natore highway is being constructed with the main thrust of building a strong and effective communication system.
Construction of a two-lane 327.5-meter flyover with ram on the railway track is one of the major components of the 6.793-killometer road construction project which is being implemented at a cost of around Taka 182.68 crore.
Upon completion of the project works by this year end, the road will create scopes of improving socio-economic condition of the public in general side by side with reducing urban poverty; installing an easy communication system between the Rajshahi city and national and regional connectivity.
Another existing road from Kalpana Cinema Hall crossing to Talaimary crossing is being elevated to four-lane with 2.20-meter wide footpath on both sides at a cost of around Taka 127.5 crore.
Two other roads, one from Upashahar crossing to Sonadighi crossing and other from Malopara crossing to Sagarpara crossing, are being widened. Main objective of the Taka 108.27-crore project is to smooth movement of city dwellers.
The existing Bilsimla-Kasiadanga road is being elevated to a four-lane with separate 7.8-feet wide bicycle-lane and 10-feet wide footpath on both sides of the road along with a four-foot wide road divider at a cost of Taka 26.75 crore.
Besides, footpath constructions with decoration, widening and development works of the city’s important road from Sonadighi crossing to Sadar Hospital crossing were started under a Taka 49.87-crore project of carpeting works of affected roads.
Liton sought cooperation of the journalists for successful implementation of the projects for welfare of the city dwellers.
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