ECNEC Okays Tk 16,918.59cr SASEC Project For Dhaka-Sylhet Road

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) Tuesday endorsed a Taka 16,918.59 crore South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Dhaka-Sylhet Corridor Road Development project in an offer to guarantee in general monetary improvement by improving local street network. 

The endorsement came from the 22nd ECNEC meeting of the current monetary year (FY21) held with ECNEC administrator and Prime Minister Sheik Hasina in the seat. 

The chief led the gathering essentially from her authority Ganobhaban home while pastors, state clergymen and secretaries concerned joined the gathering from the NEC Conference Room in the city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar zone. 

Preparation correspondents after the gathering, Planning Minister MA Mannan said that a sum of nine ventures were endorsed today including a generally assessed cost of Taka 19,844.57 crore. "Of the complete venture cost, Taka 6,599.88 crore will come from the public authority of Bangladesh while the rest Taka 13,244.69 crore as undertaking help." 

Of the affirmed nine activities, six are new while three others are overhauled projects. 

The arranging clergyman said Prime Minister Sheik Hasina in the gathering said once the SASEC hallway project is executed, costs will be figured it out. 

She likewise recommended for keeping 'reserve records' to guarantee vital upkeep works of streets and expressways. 

Mannan said the insight and mandate of the chief with respect to tolls is that – "the day for conveying administrations liberated from cost is finished". This implies the nation's kin would need to come out from the way of life of getting administrations without paying any sum. 

The executive likewise restored her mandate to acknowledge tolls on the significant interstates. 

Plus, she additionally requested the Roads and Highways Department to develop fundamental rest houses, coffeehouses with wash rooms, changing spaces for ladies along the huge parkways like Dhaka-Chattogram and Dhaka-Sylhet streets. 

The arranging clergyman said the SASEC hallway will improve the back road's network with Nepal, India, Myanmar and China. "It's vital that we're looking towards the East universally." 

The Roads and Highways Department under the Road Transport and Highways Division will actualize the SASEC hall project by December 2026. 

Out of the absolute venture cost of Taka 16,918.59 crore, Taka 13,244.69 crore will come from the ADB as credit while Taka 3,673.90 crore from the public authority of Bangladesh. 

When the task is executed, the street transport organization of the nation will be connected with the Asian expressway organization, BIMSTEC passage, SAARC passageway, and territorial street organization. 

The primary destinations of the undertaking are to update the 209.328 KM Dhaka-Sylhet thruway into four-path close by two assistance paths on the two sides of the roadway for sluggish vehicles, perplexing the current bends of the expressway, building vital U-circles, crossing points, and subsequently guaranteeing fast and continuous vehicular development. 

The principle project activities incorporate 245.42 lakh cubic meter of earth work, 72.73 lakh cubic meter adaptable asphalt, 2.92 lakh cubic meter adaptable solid asphalt on assistance paths, development of 305 courses, 66 extensions, seven flyovers, six rail line over spans, 26 foot over spans. 

Mannan said at the actual beginning of the gathering, the Prime Minister opened up the front of the last printed adaptation of the eighth Five Year Plan. 

He said the head stretched out gratitude to the authorities concerned particularly the Planning Commission for their job and exercises to handle the advancement projects during this COVID-19 pandemic. 

The clergyman said the PM said she energetically trusts that Monday will seat the Cabinet meeting. Yet, she all the more anxiously trusts that Tuesday will seat the ECNEC meeting to eventually pull ahead the country's advancement binge. 

Responding to an inquiry, Mannan said the monetary return of the SASEC undertaking will be gigantic and each influenced individuals for the venture will get pay. 

He trusted that the undertaking cost would be acknowledged inside 15 years after the beginning of gathering tolls. 

Answering to another inquiry, Planning Commission part Mamun Al Rashid said the per cubic meter development cost under the SASEC hallway undertaking would be not exactly the expense under Elenga-Katikumrul expressway improvement project.