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Rajuk's Tk 600cr road dev plan awaits Ecnec nod

$abrina Karim Murshed
The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) has planned (o construct, widen or extend five roads in Dhaka with a total cost of more than Tk 600 crore, aiming to ease .the city's severe traffic congestion.
| Feasibilitystudyontheseroads started last year and the project Concept papers have been sent to die Planning Commission. They are now awaiting nod from the Scecutivc Committee of the ational Economic Council Kcnec).
"Once it gets approval from |cnec, Rajuk will begin the construction and improvement work bf die roads," said one of the officials of Dhaka TYansport Co-Ordination Board (DTCB) that conducted die feasibilitysludyfor Ilajuk.
tThe projects include a pro-osed link road from Rangs Bhaban at Bijoy Sarani on Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue to Shaheed llhjuddin Road in Tejgaon indus-|rialarea.
■ Under the project, Bijoy Sarani will get expanded with an Y-junction to be built keeping Rangs Bhaban in the middle. The proposed 2,708 feet long and 60 feet Wide road will have six-foot foot-Rith on each side and a two-foot edian.
i. The construction cost of this road has been estimated at Tk 88 brore and it is expbeied to be constructed by 2006. '
The link road from Ramna Star Gate to Notre Dame College is another road under the Rajuk plan. A part of the road, over 2 km long and 60 feet wide, has already been completed. The estimated cost of construction is Tk 111 crore.
The road is expected to be completed by2007.
Another road linking Malibagh crossing with Biswa Road (Mouchak-Rampura road to Sayedabad) is also under the Rajukplan that will cost overTk 77 crore.
The road will be 2,250 feet long and 60 feet wide with five-foot footpath on each side and a three-foot wide median. Construction of the road is expected to be over by next year.
Rajuk has alsoplanned to widen-and extend the existing Basabo-Kadamtala road up to Manikdia. The 11,970 feet long and 60 feet wide road will be constructed by 2006. The construction cost has been estimated atTk 148 crore.
The 20,665 feet link road from Biswa Road to Trimohani Gudaraghat will be widened by Rajukunder the plan. Itwillbe a60 feet wide road expected to be constructed by 2007 with an estimated cost ofTk 176 crore.
Sources said there are some illegal structures on the proposed sites and the government would-demolish them during construction and improvement of the roads.