Cumilla City Corporation's integrated infrastructure development project has been approved at a maximum cost of Tk 1,538 crore in the history of Comilla. The project was approved at the ECNEC meeting held at the NEC conference room in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Tuesday (6th December, 2021). The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. After the meeting, the Planning Minister MA Mannan told the reporters.
After
passing such a big budget project, Local Government and Rural Development
Minister Tajul Islam said in a response, "I wanted to do a big project
with Comilla city." I wanted to see my favorite city beautiful. I am
getting peace of mind after passing such a big project. After becoming a
minister, I was able to do something for Comilla.
The project worth Tk. 1538 crore was approved after various screenings. It is learned that the integrated infrastructure development project of Comilla City Corporation includes construction of new roads, new building of City Corporation, regional office, several public toilets, beautification of several ponds, and walkway along the Gomti River.
Comilla
city dwellers have expressed their excitement through social media as they have
approved the biggest development project in the history of Comilla on the
golden jubilee of independence and Mujib centenary. According to Cumilla City
Corporation sources, the main objectives of the project are to reduce water
logging, traffic congestion, and development of roads and beautification of the
city.
The project will develop a 13-storey, state-of-the-art city corporation building, two 6-storey Sebok Colony and regional offices in the Cumilla City Corporation. Some area of the city will be transformed as like Hatirjheel in Dhaka city by developing various ponds of the city including the old Gumti river area and Comilla city will go one step further through visual bridges, river governance, drain construction, modernization of roads and lighting.
Besides, 146 cemeteries will be developed in the city, 305 km of roads will be constructed, 203 km of drains will be constructed, 13 km of footpaths will be constructed, 7 modern public toilets, one truck terminal and one bus terminal will be constructed.
Under
the direction of Hon'ble Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and
Cooperatives Md. Tajul Islam, the mayor, engineers and officials of Cumilla
City Corporation have been working on this large project for the last one year
for the development of the city. The project was approved on 6 December.
Through this project the dream of building a modern Comilla city will be
realized.
A total of 10 projects were presented at the meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). The meeting approved 10 projects. 10 important projects including revised model mosque have been approved. The total cost of the project has been estimated at Tk 7,447.07 crore. Of this, Tk 3,682 crore will be spent from government funding. The cost of the model mosque project is increasing by Tk 713 crore.
The cost of the project titled 'Establishment of 560 Model Mosques and Islamic Cultural Centers in districts and upazilas each' is increasing by Taka 713 crore. Although all the work was supposed to be completed by 2020, only 50 model mosques were inaugurated recently. The cost of the original approved project was Tk 9,062.41 crore.
After that, in the first amendment approved, the expenditure was estimated at Tk 8,722 crore. This time the proposed second revised total expenditure has been proposed at Tk 9,435.62 crore. As a result, the project cost is increasing by Tk 713 crore.
Project amendments are proposed for various reasons. Some sectors such as salaries of officers, electricity, fax, internet, registration fees, petrol, lubricants, gas and fuel, other aesthetics, repair and maintenance of motor vehicles, office equipment, and construction cost of buildings are on the rise.
Also entertainment expenses, use of contract vehicles, bank charges, gross salary, courier, travel expenses, outsourcing, labor wages, recruitment test, printing and binding, other aesthetics (public works), design and drawing (public works), furniture repair and storage, computer Repair and maintenance work is included. Increasing costs and time is mainly due to the inclusion of office equipment repair and maintenance, other equipment repair and maintenance, interior decoration work.
Besides, the expenditure on ICT infrastructure, human resources and technology skills project of the Jatiya Sangsad Secretariat was increased by Tk 13.84 crore. ECNEC's new project 'Digital Government and Economic Enrichment' was presented at the ECNEC meeting. The total proposed cost of the project is estimated at Tk 2,541 crore. The 'Irrigation Infrastructure Rehabilitation' project will cost Tk 322 crore.
The proposed cost of the 'Climate Smart Agriculture and Water Management' project is Tk 1,182 crore. The cost of the rural infrastructure development project in the greater Noakhali district has been estimated at Tk 313 crore. A new route will be dug from Mongla via Chandpur-Mawa-Goaland to Pakshi Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. The total distance of the waterway is 460 kilometers. Expenditure on waterway excavation is increasing by another Tk 334 crore. The depth of this route will be increased for transporting heavy goods of nuclear power plants.
Ships
with a draft of 5 meters (depth of the submarine) will be excavated mainly for
landing at the jetty. Besides, the proposed cost of establishing Chittagong and
Rajshahi Sports Schools project under Bangladesh Sports Education Institute is
Tk 31.86 crore.
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