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The government has approved the first phase of the Padma barrage project at Tk 34,497 crore with the aim of reviving five major river systems, reducing seawater intrusion and storing 2,900 million cubic metres of water in the Padma river.

Under the project, a 2.1km barrage and related infrastructure would be constructed at Pangsha in Rajbari at the estimated cost of Tk 18,602 crore, around 56 percent of the total project cost. A hydropower plant

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