Power, energy projects to have focus in FY'11 ADP

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FHM Humayan Kabir
The planning ministry will sit with different ministries next week to have an in-depth look at the fresh projects proposed for incorporating in the next year's annual development programme (ADP), officials said Thursday.
"We have got lots of fresh project proposals from the ministries and divisions this year. At the next week's meetings we will finalise the projects to be incorporated in the upcoming ADP," a top planning ministry official told the FE.
The new projects in the power and energy sectors will get more preference in the ADP for FY2011, he added.
The planning ministry has already prepared a budget outline for the ongoing projects, but the fresh projects, submitted by the ministries and agencies to the planning ministry, are yet to be finalised.
A senior planning ministry official said they have received hundreds of fresh project proposals from the ministries and divisions this year.
"The communications ministry and the power division submitted over 200 fresh proposals for incorporating in the next ADP," he added.
The ministry official said the allocations in the next year's ADP are likely to be raised by Tk 10 billion to Tk 385 billion, up from the current Tk 285 billion outlay for the development of the country's infrastructure, especially the ailing power and energy sectors.
The programming division will sit with ministries and executing agencies under seven different sectors
including power, oil, gas & natural resources, communications and the water sector Saturday for scrutinising the proposals.