39 mega projects worth $15 Billion for Rajshahi division’s uplift

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39 mega projects for Rajshahi division’s uplift

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RAJSHAHI, Aug 25, 2018 (BSS)- Around 39 mega projects are being implemented
involving more than Taka 1,25,250 crore in almost all eight districts under
Rajshahi division aiming at improving its socio-economic condition at
present.

Of those, Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) is being implemented on 990
acres of land at Ishwardi in Pabna district with an estimated cost of over
Taka 1,13,092.92 crore.

This was revealed in a special development coordination meeting relating to
progress of the ongoing development projects in Rajshahi division in the
conference hall of deputy commissioner (DC) in Natore recently.

Abul Kalam Azad, chief coordinator (SDG) of Prime Minister’s Office,
attended and addressed the meeting as chief guest with Aminul Islam,
commissioner-in-charge of Rajshahi Division, in the chair.

The meeting sources said the RNPP is being implemented by Rostaom State
Corporation of Russia. Each construction stage of the plant is closely being
supervised and monitored both by the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) and the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (BAERA).

The construction of Bangabandhu Silicon City (hi-tech park) is progressing
fast at a cost of Tk 281.91 crore on 31.63 acres of land in Rajshahi city.

Upon its successful implementation by June 2019, the park will create new
employment for more than 14,000 youths both males and females.

The meeting was told that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novotheater is
being constructed on 2.30 acres of land in Rajshahi metropolis at a cost of
around Taka 222 crore with capacity of 160 audience seats.

The project is scheduled to end by June 2020. A 200-bed Rajshahi Shishu
Hospital is being constructed on 2.44 acres of land in Rajshahi city with an
investment of Taka 32 crore.

Rajshahi Medical University will be established on 85.80 acres of land
with an estimated cost of Taka 1500 crore (first phase) by June 2022. Fifty
percent work on a project titled ‘Power Distribution Management Development
Project in Rajshahi Zone’ was completed by June last.

Power Development Board is implementing the project with an estimated cost
of around Taka 915-crore.

Department of Roads and Highway has been implementing seven projects
costing around Taka 2136.37 crore. On average, 16 percent work on the
projects was completed.

Northwest Zone of Bangladesh Water Development Board is implementing eight
mega schemes with estimated cost of total Taka 2260.14 crore.

Eight projects of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) are being
implemented at a total cost of around Taka 2946.62 crore.

Six other projects of Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) are
being executed with involvement of Taka 35.96 crore.

The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway has been implementing four projects
with an estimated cost of around Taka 1829.76 crore.

Upon successful implementation, the projects will contribute a lot to
improving living and livelihood condition of the public in general, expected
Aminul Islam.

 

[UKBengali]

Vast bulk of money being spent on the nuclear power plant.

 

[zip]

Good to see bangladesh progressing .hope mamtha didi too get the signal and breathe fresh air to west bengal economy ..

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Vast bulk of money being spent on the nuclear power plant.

Still more than 120 billion Taka or 1.5 billion dollar worth of money are being spend on other projects including Hi-tech park, Novotheater, Children's hospital,Medical university,Roads, Railway, Power development etc. Not that bad.

 

[VikingRaider]

Vast bulk of money being spent on the nuclear power plant.

This is actually very good work .I will be very happy if we can make NUKE secretly one day . We are surrounded by hostile entity ( does not mater how much your party consider them as friend of BD ), so need to make NUKE sooner or later in order to survive. After all if india and pakistan have NUKE so it is our right to get it too!

Although this is to produce electricity but i wish one day we will make NUKE. As we already found uranium in sylhet and moulovibazar.
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[Homo Sapiens]

This is actually very good work .I will be very happy if we can make NUKE secretly one day . We are surrounded by hostile entity ( does not mater how much your party consider them as friend of BD ), so need to make NUKE sooner or later in order to survive. After all if india and pakistan have NUKE so it is our right to get it too!

Although this is to produce electricity but i wish one day we will make NUKE. As we already found uranium in sylhet and moulovibazar.
.

Even if we don't go for nuke, at least we need to acquire the technological capability to build them on a short notice if situation demand like some other countries.Conventional military need to strengthen a lot and special focus should be given to develop homegrown defence industry.

 

[VikingRaider]

Even if we don't go for nuke, at least we need to acquire the technological capability to build them on a short notice if situation demand like some other countries.

Exactly.

Conventional military need to strengthen a lot and special focus should be given to develop homegrown defence industry.

Agree. Sadly there are lots of intellectuals in Bangladesh try to say that even we should't spend much money on military budget . They say that its not possible to annex a sovereign land present days, they try to prove that UN will take action as they had taken action against Iraq when Saddam annexed Kuwait, or former Yugoslavia .

But reality is different . Even After ww2 we saw few annexation in this region .
Few peoples know that there were a sovereign state named Hyderabad that was annexed by India , later after our freedom fight India could annex or at least India would try to annex Bangladesh if Mujib did not compel India to withdraw it's force from Bangladesh .And later India annexed Sikkim. In 2014 we saw Russian annexation of Crimea; every time UN proved to be very useless.

So The reality is , if you can't save yourself , no body will save you ".
However our Military is very strong no doubt, almost all of our peoples love military except some fifth columnist , and we all know that military is actually free from corruption and politicization.

And this Govt has a heavy focus on military budget ( one of the few works of Awami League i really admire) , still if God forbid we need to engage in a full scale war , we will be in trouble because neither we have NUKE , nor we have this capability to make NUKE .

Look at Pakistan , if India ever reach near Islamabad ( although it is highly unlikely, still anything can happen in this world) , Pakistan will counter India with NUKE threat , so India will have no other option but to withdraw army .

What if india reach near dhaka ( it is also almost impossible as BD is called as defense heaven)? We neither have NUKE nor have this capability to make it .
We will be in serious trouble then , UN will not attack india as west will not lose indian 1.3 billion market.
So for our self defense we need NUKE more than the most . IMHO , for Bangladeshi NUKE ( or at least the capability of building NUKE) is essential for Bangladesh after food and shelter. I consider this capability as one of basic needs.

If our neighbours were America or Canada , i would not recommend NUKE , as maybe lots of us Dislike america or Europe , but in reality now they are much more civilized than asians ( specially south asians) , so their neighbours do not have any direct threat .
But in this south Asian region we have a neighbour who love to project their mythology and try to annex other's land .
SO NUKE is the only way to survive in this region , specially we only have 57000 sq miles land .

 

[bd_4_ever]

This is good to see. In an overall sense, this will lead to decentralisation. I also think, we should pump more money into areas like Khulna and Barisal and get the southern districts into more shape.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Agree. Sadly there are lots of intellectuals in Bangladesh try to say that even we should't spend much money on military budget . They say that its not possible to annex a sovereign land present days

Yes i have seen those rootless intellectuals arguing about spending on defence.Even this type of thinking pervaded a large section of common people. But their numbers are on a decline in the last few years, specially after the Rohingya crisis.Bangladeshi people are now genuinely taking interest about defence capability.Just browse Bangladesh defence related videos on Youtube, you will see an explosion of videos which generating a lot of views and comments.So now on, if govt. push for vigorous expansion of defence capabilities, I do not think it will face much opposition from the intellectuals or common people.Balls are now on Govt.'s court.

 

[UKBengali]

Yes i have seen those rootless intellectuals arguing about spending on defence.Even this type of thinking pervaded a large section of common people. But their numbers are on a decline in the last few years, specially after the Rohingya crisis.Bangladeshi people are now genuinely taking interest about defence capability.Just browse Bangladesh defence related videos on Youtube, you will see an explosion of videos which generating a lot of views and comments.So now on, if govt. push for vigorous expansion of defence capabilities, I do not think it will face much opposition from the intellectuals or common people.Balls are now on Govt.'s court.

Good to see BD people take defence spending more seriously now.