RAJSHAHI, Jan 20 (BSS): Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has taken an initiative of implementing a road network project involving around Tk 30.00 billion aims at lessening the gradually mounting pressure on the existing roads.
In the metropolis, population density has gradually been increasing with influx of huge city-bound people and multiplication of high-rise buildings day by day.
Taking the issues into special consideration the RCC has taken step of widening the city's road system. In the first phase, 15 roads will be widened to 42 metres with 30-metre main road and six-meter footpath on both sides each.
Tk 5.00 billion will be spent for road construction while Tk 25.00 billion for land acquisition under the 'Rajshahi City's Road Network Development Project'.
RCC Chief Engineer Ashraful Haque said there are 250 kilometers of roads in the city, which is less than nine per cent. He said at least 25 per cent road is essential for founding a planned city. To this end, step has been taken to strengthen the city's road network. The project is expected to be implemented soon.
Engineer Ashraf said a Tk 1.82 billion road construction project is being implemented along with construction of a flyover on the road over railway track for the first time in Rajshahi city. The flyover with ramp is being constructed at Budhpara Railway crossing at an estimated cost of Tk 292.8 million.
Twenty-five streets have been brought under lighting scheme with Tk 270 million. To this end, installation of 1,285 poles including equal number of lights- 1,173 LED and 112 solar- have been completed.
Beautification and lighting works at nine street-crossings were implemented with at a cost of around Tk 27.6 million.
In addition to the construction of 17-km footpath, Padma Library and Miapara Public Library are being reconstructed with Tk 219.5 million under "Sustainable Development of Rajshahi City through the Improvement and Conservation of Social, Cultural, Environmental and Heritage Infrastructure Project."
"We planted more than 5,000 trees on 10 km roads and encouraged citizens so set up fruit orchards. The corporation won the Prime Minister's National Award for tree plantation in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013," he said.
The city corporation has also implemented a project titled 'Zero soil' to cover all the available top soil with green and various trees," Engineer Ashraf added.
The corporation has constructed footpaths covering the open soil on roadsides, improving the drainage system, increasing mango orchards and beefing up the cleansing operations.
"We have implemented various infrastructure uplifting works in various city areas with around Tk 106.68 crore in recent times," said the RCC official.
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