The government on Tuesday approved seven projects, including capital dredging of country’s river system and Buriganga river restoration, involving Taka 2,840 crore.
The approval was given at a meeting of the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) held at the NEC conference room with Prime Minister and ECNEC Chairperson Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The projects would be implemented with Taka 2,402 crore (85 percent) to be provided by the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and Taka 97 crore (15 percent) that would be available as project aid, Planning Minister Air Vice Marshal (Retd) AK Khandoker told journalists at a briefing.