The government will build 104 flats at Lalmatia Housing Estate in the city for selling those to the civil servants.
Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase yesterday approved this project to be implemented by the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (Rajuk) at a cost of Tk 39.17 crore. Each of the apartments will be 1250 square feet (sqf).
Housing and Public Works Ministry placed the proposal to the committee presided over by the Finance Minister AMA Muhith.
The committee also approved seven purchase proposals. Of those, the Housing and Public Works Ministry placed three tender proposals of the Rajuk for earth feeling, road construction and construction of bridges at the Uttara Model Town Housing project under third phase programme.
The earth feeling work will cost Tk 12.93 crore while road construction will cost
Tk 45.39 crore and bridge construction will cost Tk 45.19 crore.
The committee gave nod to the shipping ministry's contract awarding proposal for installation of Computerised Container Terminal Management System (CTMS) and Management Information System (MIS) at Chittagong Port.
The project titled Chittagong Port Trade Facilitation funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will cost Tk 63.59 crore.
The selected bidder will have to provide one year warranty and four years maintenance service facility to the project under the contract.
The communication ministry's proposal for consultant appointment at a cost of Tk 38.38 crore for the JICA-funded Dhaka-Chittagong Railway Improvement project and the LGRD ministry's proposal for small water resources development project at Mymensingh, Sylhet and Faridpur area also obtained the approval of the committee.
Cabinet Secretary Abdul Aziz briefed the reporters about decisions of the purchase committee.