Proposal on 2nd Padma bridge awaits Ecnec nod
Huda tells Paturia-Daulatdia Padma Bridge Council team
BSS, Dhaka
Communications Minister Nazmul Huda yesterday said the project proposal for construction of a multipurpose bridge with rail, gas and electricity facilities on the river Padma had already been sent to the planning commission, now awaiting Economic Committee on National Economic Council (Ecnec) approval."The project proposal would be referred to the Economic Relations Division (ERD) after the (Ecnec) approval for foreign funding through the donors or the private sector under build-operate-transfer (BOT) methods," he said this while a delegation of the Paturia-Daulatdia Padma Bridge Implementation Council called on him at his office here. President of the council and Advisor to the BNP Chairperson, former Ambassador MM Rezaul Karim led the delegation. Huda said the construction work of second bridge on the river Padma would be undertaken just after getting the assurance of funding, an official handout said. Council members including chief coordinator Ali Newaz Mahmood Khayyam MP, Vice-President M Shamsul Haque, Dr M Shamser Ali and Secretary General Jamal Uddin Ahmed were present.
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