Four projects worth Tk 1189cr approved

11 secondary schools, six colleges to be set up in city

15 June 2010, 18:00 PM

Unb, Dhaka

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) yesterday approved four development projects involving Tk 1189 crore, including a project to build 11 secondary schools and six colleges in the city. Ecnec Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave the approval at the Ecnec meeting at the NEC conference room at Shere-e-Banglanagar in the city. Of the amount, Tk 834 crore will come from the government exchequer with Tk 355 crore is being allocated as project assistance, said Planning Minister AK Khandaker while briefing reporters after the meeting. He said the project aimed at setting up 11 secondary schools and six colleges in the Dhaka Metropolis under the Education Ministry would cost Tk 435 crore to be entirely borne by the government. The tenure of the project is January 2010 to December 2013. “The purpose of setting up government secondary schools and colleges would be to spread education as well as to ensure standard education in the proposed schools and colleges,” the planning minister added. The secondary schools would be constructed Uttara, Pallabi, Badda, Demra, Kamrangirchar, Hajaribagh, Shah Ali, Kafrul, Gulshan, Jatrabari and Sabujbagh in the city. The colleges would be set up at Uttara, Pallabi, Badda, Demra, Kamrangirchar and Khilgaon. Planning Secretary Habibullah Majumder was present at the briefing. The other projects are an emergency disaster rehabilitation project (revised) under the Communications Ministry involving Tk 436 crore, construction of a bridge on the River Surma in Sunamganj (another revised project under the Communications Ministry) at Tk 65 crore and construction of the BMA Bangabandhu Complex at Bhatiari in Chittagong under the Defence Ministry at a cost of Tk 253 crore.