Tk 16cr allocated for repair of Benapole road

The government has allocated Tk 16 crore to repair badly damaged Benapole-Jessore Asian Highway, which is widely used for transportation through Benapole land port.
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) will complete their primary repair work in 42 kilometres of the highway, including 38 km main road and the rest bypass road.
Importance of the highway is much greater now as the cross-border trade with India through Benapole port has increased almost four times, port officials said.
The RHD will invite tender for the repair work within two months and the task is to be accomplished by June 2008.
Total cost of the repair work, however, would be Tk 117 crore and implementing the plan will require five years, RHD engineers said, adding that on completion the whole task width of the road would be 60 feet.
A separate project has been taken for plying of vehicles during the period.