ECNEC approves 13 projects worth Tk 58,089cr

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Wednesday (November 4)  approved 13 development projects worth Tk 58,088.92 crore, including 11 new and two revised schemes, with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman presiding over the meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat.

The government will provide Tk 50,041.20 crore, while Tk 7,974.65 crore will come from project loans and Tk 73.07 crore from implementing agencies.

The Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry secured approval for five projects, including safe water and sanitation in the Barind region, canal restoration in Barishal and climate-resilient urban development.

Other major projects include the fifth Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP-5), two police vehicle procurement schemes, officers' housing at Dhaka Cantonment, nuclear medicine institutes at five medical college hospitals and drilling two wells at Titas Gas Field.

The meeting was also briefed on five projects costing less than Tk 50 crore each, already approved by the planning minister, including cardiac care modernisation in Dinajpur and safe internet initiatives for secondary students.

-AH