'BSCIC chemical industrial park to be completed by 2023'

The construction work of Bscic Chemical Industrial Park in Munshiganj will be completed by December 2023 if everything goes according to plan, said Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun. 

The minister said this while visiting the progress of the work of the park of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (Bscic) in Sirajdikhan upazila yesterday.

Humayun said the industrial park will create employment for one lakh people. Although the construction work came to a halt a bit due to the Covid-19 pandemic, now it is going on in full swing, he added.

He also said as several projects are underway in Munshiganj, including a new industrial zone, roads and communications in the district will also be improved, he added.

This park is being built on 308.33 acres of land at a cost of Tk 1,615 crore.