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Fund crisis about to halt work of Khilgaon flyover

CITY CORRESPONDENT
The flyover in Khilgaon may once again miss the deadline deferred as late as June as fund crisis and red tape have almost stopped its progress.
The Daily Star quoting the local government and engineering department (LGED), the agency to implement the project, reported in November that the flyover would be complete on June 30, 2004.
Despite the Prime Minister Office's (PMO) order to complete the construction by the deadline, only 62 percent of the work has been complete.
According to the original plan, the work on the Tk 74 crore project that began in September 2001 had been scheduled to be complete in February 2003.
The length of the flyover with three wings connecting Khilgaon, Razarbagh and Syedabad will be 2,505 metres.
"Fund crisis almost halted the progress of the flyover as we received only Tk 23.90 crore out of Tk 74 crore from the government," said a senior official working on the project.
"Although the PMO directed
the planning ministry last August to provide the remaining Tk 51.49 crore for speedy construction, the fund has not been channelled yet," the official said, asking not to be named.
"Instead of providing the fund, the planning ministry has asked for unnecessary explanations from the LGED. If the PMO does not intervene, the construction will not go ahead," the official said.
The LGED owes bills worth at least Tk 3 crore to the contractor of the flyover, Nurul Ameed, he said, adding: "If the money is not paid the contractor will stop work."
Last fiscal year, the government released only Tk 7.89 crore which put the LGED in trouble paying the contractor.
Ameed could not be reached for comment, as he is on a visit to the US.
The PMO also requested different ministries to resolve the dispute over land acquisition and demolition of illegal structures to clear space for the flyover.
Adding to the problem, encroachment on the plots of Bangladesh Railway (BR), the housing and public works ministry and Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) is hindering implementation of the project.
"We have discussed the issue with the BR, the housing and public works ministry and the DCC," the official said on hopes the illegal occupation would end soon.
Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB), Dhaka Electricity Supply Authority (Desa) and Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) have not relocated utility service lines from the flyover area, as the LGED owes Tk 1.44 crore to the BTTB, Tk 31
lakh to Desa and Tk 8 lakh to Wasa.
The construction is halting rush-hour traffic flow on Atish Dipankar Raod and other thoroughfares in Khilgaon, Rajarbagh, Bashabo and Goran.