Second Jamuna bridge on the cards
Monday, 15 March 2010
Planning Minister AK Khandaker said Sunday the government had plans to construct a second bridge on the Jamuna River that would facilitate both road and rail transport, reports UNB.
"In order to develop rail and road communications between the north, the west, the capital and the south of the country, the government has a plan to construct a second bridge on the Jamuna that will have both road and railway facilities," he said during a meeting concerning the Participatory Perspective Plan on 'infrastructure construction,' at the NEC conference room.
Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, AK Khandaker said the work towards finalising the First Perspective Plan (2010-2021), as a recipe for the country's overall development, would complete soon and provide the country with its first long-term plan. Besides, two five-year plans will be implemented based on the perspective plan.
The planning minister lamented the fact that no long-term plan had been designed nor implemented in the past with the aim of developing the communication infrastructure.
"In order to develop rail and road communications between the north, the west, the capital and the south of the country, the government has a plan to construct a second bridge on the Jamuna that will have both road and railway facilities," he said during a meeting concerning the Participatory Perspective Plan on 'infrastructure construction,' at the NEC conference room.
Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, AK Khandaker said the work towards finalising the First Perspective Plan (2010-2021), as a recipe for the country's overall development, would complete soon and provide the country with its first long-term plan. Besides, two five-year plans will be implemented based on the perspective plan.
The planning minister lamented the fact that no long-term plan had been designed nor implemented in the past with the aim of developing the communication infrastructure.