Monitor progress of dev projects to ensure timely completion : PM
Sunday, 27 June 2010
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday stressed strict monitoring of infrastructure development works of the government to ensure their completion in time, reports UNB.
"Issuing work order is not the final step… monitor the progress of the particular development work to ensure its completion in time," she said while inaugurating the 'Sultana Kamal Bridge' at Demraghat in the city.
Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain, Habibur Rahman Molla MP and Golam Dastagir Gazi MP were the special guests at the inaugural function, chaired by Roads and Highways Division Secretary Mohammad Mozammel Huq Khan.
The Prime Minister said that her government is monitoring each and every development work very minutely for the welfare of the people.
She said development in the communication sector is essential in order to have balanced and overall development across the country.
In this regard, she mentioned that her government puts considerable priority to developing the water, rail and road communications across the country.
Hasina directed all concerned to consider seriously about uninterrupted flow of water before planning construction of any structure.
Bridges and culverts are very much useful in ensuring obstacle-free flow of water, which is very much important, she said, adding that constructing bridges and culverts is a bit costly but in the long run this helps a lot.
The Prime Minister asked the officials to maintain proper distance between two spans of a bridge while going for construction.
She also suggested making the bridges with good height as during the monsoon the water level of the rivers rise significantly.
Later, the Prime Minister formally opened the bridge to traffic by unveiling the plaque and offered munajat. She also had a look of the bridge by moving on it in her car.
Sultana Kamal Bridge is the second bridge over Shitalakhya. The existing first bridge over Shitalakhya is located at Kanchpur on the eastern side of Dhaka metropolitan city on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway.
The length of Sultana Kamal Bridge is 1,072 metres (main bridge 396 metres and viaduct 676 metres) and its width is 10 metres (carriage way 7.5 metres and 1.25-metre footpath on both sides).
The total project cost was Tk 798.80 million (79.88 crore) while the period of construction was 43.72 months. The government obtained a loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development for the construction of the bridge. Roads and Highways Department under the Communications Ministry implemented the project.
"Issuing work order is not the final step… monitor the progress of the particular development work to ensure its completion in time," she said while inaugurating the 'Sultana Kamal Bridge' at Demraghat in the city.
Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain, Habibur Rahman Molla MP and Golam Dastagir Gazi MP were the special guests at the inaugural function, chaired by Roads and Highways Division Secretary Mohammad Mozammel Huq Khan.
The Prime Minister said that her government is monitoring each and every development work very minutely for the welfare of the people.
She said development in the communication sector is essential in order to have balanced and overall development across the country.
In this regard, she mentioned that her government puts considerable priority to developing the water, rail and road communications across the country.
Hasina directed all concerned to consider seriously about uninterrupted flow of water before planning construction of any structure.
Bridges and culverts are very much useful in ensuring obstacle-free flow of water, which is very much important, she said, adding that constructing bridges and culverts is a bit costly but in the long run this helps a lot.
The Prime Minister asked the officials to maintain proper distance between two spans of a bridge while going for construction.
She also suggested making the bridges with good height as during the monsoon the water level of the rivers rise significantly.
Later, the Prime Minister formally opened the bridge to traffic by unveiling the plaque and offered munajat. She also had a look of the bridge by moving on it in her car.
Sultana Kamal Bridge is the second bridge over Shitalakhya. The existing first bridge over Shitalakhya is located at Kanchpur on the eastern side of Dhaka metropolitan city on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway.
The length of Sultana Kamal Bridge is 1,072 metres (main bridge 396 metres and viaduct 676 metres) and its width is 10 metres (carriage way 7.5 metres and 1.25-metre footpath on both sides).
The total project cost was Tk 798.80 million (79.88 crore) while the period of construction was 43.72 months. The government obtained a loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development for the construction of the bridge. Roads and Highways Department under the Communications Ministry implemented the project.