The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a total of five projects involving an overall estimated cost of Taka 5,915.99 crore including one for improving the sewerage system of Chattogram (catchment 2 and 4) with around Taka 5,152.55 crore.
The approvals came from a meeting of the ECNEC with its chairperson and Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus in the chair held at the NEC Conference Room in the city Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.
Of the total cost for five projects, Taka 1,095.94 crore will come from the Government of Bangladesh portion, Taka 4,787.50 crore from project assistance while the rest of Taka 32.55 crore from the concerned organization own fund.
Of the approved five projects, two are new while three are revised projects.
Six platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed in Jatrabari-Demra area to maintain law and order.
It was confirmed in a short message of the BGB.
A total of 110 families in six upazilas of the district, who were badly affected by the recent flood in the region, will get new houses from the post-flood rehabilitation special housing project, district administration sources said.
The list has already been finalized by the district and upazila level committees.
Of the total houses, 35 houses will be constructed in Sadar upazila, 60 houses each will be constructed in Parshuram, Fulgazi and Chhagalnaiya upazilas and five houses in Sonagazi and 10 houses in Daganbhuiyan upazilas, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Abhishek Das said.
He said that houses of 492 sq ft and 500 sq ft will be constructed in two categories. The total cost of constructing two types of houses will be Taka 18,35,000.
The government is considering incorporating the three zero theory of Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Policymakers of the government have said it would be easy for the country to achieve the SDG targets by effectively applying the three zero theory at public and private levels.
Professor Muhammad Yunus has made a compelling call to world leaders to build a "World of Three Zeros"- meaning zero poverty, zero unemployment and zero net carbon emissions.
The Three Zero theory is an elective and popular model to ensure economic emancipation, create workforce and protect environment in the present world, analysts said.