Cabinet body approves work to facilitate river transit to India
The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase yesterday approved a number of procurement proposals, including awarding a contract for development of fairway from Sirajganj to Daikhowa river route, to facilitate river transit offered to India.
As per a tender proposal placed by the Ministry of Shipping, Dharitri Banga Limited, a contractor which won the contract, will carry out dredging and other relevant work at the river route from Sirajganj to Daikhowa at a cost of Tk 227.46 crore.
Bangladesh will bear 20 percent of the cost, while India will bear the rest.
The works will be implemented under Bangladesh-India inland water transit and trade protocol route for a seven-year project.
The contractor will dredge the river route to two-metre depth and 30-metre width in the next two years, and maintain the route for next five years after completion of the dredging.
In absence of the finance minister, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu presided over the cabinet committee meeting, which was attended by ministers who are members of the committee.
The committee also approved a proposal of the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry to improve the runway and taxiway of Sylhet Osmani International Airport at a cost of Tk 387.40 crore. A joint venture of Halla and Mir Aktar Hossain won the contract.
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