The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) yesterday approved five development projects worth over Tk759 crore, including the construction of “Bhumi Bhaban Complex”.
The approval was made in the Ecnec meeting presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the NEC conference room.
Of the total project cost, Tk726.72 crore will come from the government exchequer and Tk32.4 crore from project assistance.
Under the Tk139.96 crore Bhumi Bhaban Complex project, a 13-story building with 20-storied foundation and two basements will be set up on the Land Record and Survey Department premises in the capital’s Tejgaon area as a One Stop Service Centre.
Use of land will be much more important in coming days with the fast growing industrialisation and urbanisation while there is a need for reforms of different land-related institutions like Land Reform Board, Land Appeal Board, Land Record and Survey Department and Land Administration Training Centre, said Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal after the meeting.
He said the building will be a complex type and once it is constructed, it will help reduce hassles of service seekers to a great extent.
With the establishment of One Stop Service Centre, the planning minister said there will be a marked improvement in land management.
The Land Record and Survey Department under the Ministry of Land along with the Department of Public Works will implement the project by June 2018.
The planning minister said the Ecnec meeting was also apprised of a project titled “Showcasing Bangladesh” in a bid to digitally project the development activities of the government before common people.
Under the project, he said LED display boards will be set up at crowded places in the capital like in front of the NAM Bhaban, Suhrawardy Udyan, Bahadur Shah Park, Kamalapur Railway Station and Lunch Terminals.
The other projects approved at the meeting are expansion and modernisation of Mymensingh Central Jail with Tk127.13 crore, grooming women entrepreneurs with Tk88.36 crore.
The Participatory Rural Development Project (PRDP) 3rd phase with Tk231.67 crore project also got the nod of Ecnec to utilise local resources as well as help increase skills and efficiency of some 600 union councils for formulating local development plans.
The project has been undertaken based on the success of the PRDP 2nd project implemented from July 2010 to June 2015 at 200 unions under 85 upazilas of all the 64 districts.
