The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved nine projects worth Tk 2,422.27 crore, reports BSS.
Besides, a Tk 306.23 crore scheme to acquire necessary land and ancillary facilities development for implementing the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline Project was also approved.
The approval came at an ECNEC meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at NEC Conference Room in city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.
Briefing the reporters after the meeting, Planning Division Secretary Md Nurul Amin said a total of nine projects were approved on Tuesday involving an overall estimated cost of Taka 2,422.27 crore.
“Of the total project cost, Tk 2,108.45 crore will come from the government while the rest of Tk 313.82 crore from the concerned organisation’s own fund,” he said. Of the approved nine projects, five are new while the four others are revised projects.
