A parliamentary watchdog Sunday recommended that the army should be involved in Joydebpur-Mymensingh highway four-lane upgrading project to expedite the construction work as the contractor has failed to complete it in stipulated time.
The parliamentary standing committee on road transport and bridges ministry also suggested that the ministry take necessary steps to commence and complete the construction work of all the projects under bridges division in due time.
The JS body made the recommendations at its 7th meeting held at the parliament building with its chairman Ekabbar Hossain in the chair. Committee members road transport minister Obaidul Quader, Rezwan Ahammad Towfiq, Nuruzzaman Ahmed, Fayzur Rahman, Nazmul Haque Prodhan, Monirul Islam and Lutfunnessa also attended the meeting.
The meeting discussed in details the progress of construction of Dhaka elevated expressway, tunnel construction under the Karnaphuli River and Joydebpur-Mymensingh highway four-lane upgrading projects.
It was informed in the meeting that the 46.73-km long Dhaka elevated expressway would be constructed from Shahjalal International Airport to Kutubkhali at a cost of Tk 89.40 billion. Construction work of the main structure would begin this fiscal year and end in June 2018.
The tunnel under the Karnaphuli River would be 9.09 km and the cost would be US$ 700 million. The construction work of the tunnel would start in December 2015 and end in December 2019.
The meeting was also informed that GDP would rise by about 0.17 per cent and job opportunity for 50,000 people would be created once the tunnel was constructed.
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JS body for army role to speed up work
FE Report | Published: February 02, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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