The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a Taka 11,560.77 crore new rail-cum-road bridge project over the River Karnaphuli at Kalurghat beside the existing old bridge to ensure smooth and uninterrupted communication system between Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar.

The approval came from the 3rd ECNEC meeting of the current fiscal year (FY25) and the 2nd of the interim government held at the Chief Adviser’s Office in the capital with Chief Adviser Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus in the chair.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, Planning and Education Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud said that the day’s meeting approved a total of four projects involving an overall estimated cost of Taka 24,412.94 crore. Of the total project cost, Taka 7,746.66 crore will come from the government of Bangladesh portion, Taka 16,012.33 crore from project assistance while Taka 653.95 crore from the concerned organization’s own fund.

Of the approved four projects, two are new while two others are revised projects.

Besides, the meeting approved the timeframe extension of seven projects without raising their costs.

The Ministry of Railways will implement the rail-cum-road bridge project to be implemented by December 2030.

Out of the total project cost of Taka 11,560.77 crore, Taka 4,435.62 crore will come from the government of Bangladesh while the rest of Taka 7,125.15 crore will come from the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) and Economic Development Promotion Facility (EDPF), Korea.বিস্তারিত