Monday 25 February 2019

Unearthing of Bangabandhu burrow underneath Karnaphuli River to begin Sunday

The principle period of development chip away at the Bangabandhu Sheik Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram is to start Sunday.

Street Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader reported that Prime Minister Sheik Hasina will dispatch exhuming deal with the task at 11 am on Sunday.

"The removal work will be led by TBM machines and the PM will initiate the work," he told bdnews24.com on Saturday.

The legislature has propelled the passage venture under the Karnaphali in the port city of Chattogram dependent on a 'One City Two Towns' model like China's Shanghai. Around 32 percent of the work on the task has been finished.

Hardware has been gotten from China to build the passage on the riverbed. A 15MW power sub-station has been set up in the venture zone to give power to development.

The 3.4km-long passage will be made out of two cylinders and have four paths for traffic. Around 5.35km of interfacing streets will be based on either end of the passage.

The complete expense of the passage is about $1.56 billion, or Tk 84.45 billion. China's EXIM Bank will give roughly Tk 47.99 billion of this sum.

The remaining Tk 36.47 billion is originating from the Bangladesh's administration's coffers. The usage of the venture is under the domain of the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges.

The passage will interface the Chattogram city air terminal region with Anowara Upazila. When complete the passage will ease travel for vacationers making a trip from the city to Cox's Bazar and southern Chattogram. The legislature likewise trusts it will decrease the traffic clog on Chattogram's two noteworthy scaffolds.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the development of the passage was marked among Bangladesh and China within the sight of Prime Minister Sheik Hasina on Jun 10, 2018.

The Bangladesh connect specialist, the China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) and Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong Limited at that point directed a joint specialized and financial study of the venture. A business assention was then marked on Jun 30, 2018 between the scaffold expert and the CCCC.

The Bangladesh Navy will bear the duty of giving security to the passage venture, Obaidul Quader said a week ago.

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