ECNEC approves Tk 13.15b projects

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The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) Tuesday approved seven projects involving about Tk 13.15 billion (1,315 crore), including Tk 1.66 billion project assistance, reports BSS.
The approval was given at a meeting of the ECNEC held at the Sher-e-Banglanagar NEC conference room with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
The approved projects are: Construction of Raipura-Narsingdi road, procurement/construction of steel bridge under Road and Railway Division (2nd phase, amended), rehabilitation of Foujdarhat-CGPRI-SRG-Chittagong section (1st amended), construction of four-storey factory building at Chittagong Export Processing Zone (EPZ), vaccine manufacturing technology modernisation and research expansion under fisheries and livestock ministry, project for construction/development of six roads in Chittagong Hill Tracts (2nd phase), and river dredging and irrigation improvement in Sujanagar Upazila of Pabna district.
ECNEC Co-chairman and Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, Planning Minister AK Khandaker, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen, Commerce Minister Faruq Khan, Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain, Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas, and Prime Minister's advisers HT Imam, Dr Modasser Ali and Dr Alauddin Ahmed, among others, attended the meeting.