The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved 17 projects worth Tk 12,951.51 crore, including approving fund for building Chandpur Medical College.
The approval came at a meeting of the ECNEC chaired by its chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the NEC conference room in the city's Sher-e Banglanagar area on Tuesday.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, Planning Minister MA Mannan said that a total of 17 projects, including Tk 12,951.51 crore have been approved during the meeting.
Out of the total estimated cost, Tk 10,267.52 crore will come from the government of Bangladesh, Tk 2,670.15 crore from the foreign sources as project assistance while the rest - Tk 13.84 crore - from the fund of an organisation concerned, he mentioned.
Of the 17 approved projects, ten are new ones and the rest seven are revised projects.
The Planning Minister said, “Chandpur Medical College and Hospital and Nursing College will be establish in Chandpur city and its surrounding area on 30.12 acresof land. It will cost Tk 1,370.74 crore.”
For this, under the proposed project, land acquisition, construction of 10 residential buildings, 11 non-residential buildings, elevators, 12,927 medical equipments and three motor vehicles will be purchased.
Along with that, training will be given at different levels. The Directorate of Health Education will implement it by June 2025 starting this year.
The other projects approved in the meeting are : Development project for government secondary schools, 1st revised with an additional cost of Tk 1,058 crore, Irrigation development through using surface water of Chattogram and Cox's Bazar districts with Tk 602.26 crore, Expansion of modern agriculture technology at Char areas of Bangladesh with Tk 209.21 crore, Implementation of integrated water resources management to address water logging at Tungipara and Kotaliparaupazilas of Gopalganj district with Tk 893.55 crore, Multipurpose disaster shelter center, 3rd revised with a reduced cost of Taka 82 crore, Construction of Bridge over River Gorai under Khoksha upazila in Kushtia with Tk 279.15 crore, Cluster Village, 2nd phase (Climate Victims Rehabilitation Project), 4th revised with no additional cost and Climate Resilient Livelihoods Improvement and Watershed Management in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CRLIWM-CHT) Sector Project with Tk 1,392.78 crore.
The meeting also extended the time-frame of two projects without raising their costs.
Ministers and State Ministers attended the meeting while Planning Commission members and secretaries concerned were present.
