The cabinet committee on public purchase is set to approve next month a total of nine projects involving over Tk 47.25 billion that include construction of dual gauge double rail and conversion of the existing rail line into dual gauge between Akhaura and Laksam at a cost of over Tk 39.36 billion, officials said.
It will also give its nod to the Kazal-Tetulia river route dredging for aiding the ongoing infrastructure development work at Payra Port at a cost of over Tk 2.33 billion, a variation proposal for feasibility study and detailed design for regional cooperation and integration project (RCIP) sinvolving over Tk 1.82 billion and appointment of Foley Hoag, LLP of the USA for consultancy on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of Jute Genome Project at a cost of over Tk 643 million.
A group of scientists, led by late Bangladeshi scientist Dr Maksudul Alam, invented the genome of Tosha jute in 2010 and of the local variety of jute in 2013 and 'Macrophomina Phaseoline,' a harmful bacterium of jute and over 500 crops.
The government has moved to preserve IPR of jute genome considering the commercial and economic importance of such inventions by the country's scientists.
The other projects that the cabinet committee sis expected to approve are: conversion of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medial University into a centre of excellence (2nd phase) at a cost of over Tk 495 million, building Pani Bhaban at a cost of over Tk 670 million, appointment of a consultant for a detailed hydrologic and hydraulic study in the Karnaphuli River of Chittagong Port at a cost of over Tk 144 million, construction of 20-storey (six units, 1,250 square feet each ) and 20-storey (six units, 850 square feet each) residential buildings under the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project involving over Tk 1.85 billion.
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