Pointless expenditure of Tk 11186 crore is being eradicated from the Ministry of Bridges –

Construction expenditure is the largest reduce within the Ministry of Street Shipping and Bridges. After taking up, the meantime executive has diminished investment for non-essential construction tasks. Consequently, expenditure is being diminished by way of about 11 thousand 186 crores within the highway delivery and freeway division.

Those tasks have been undertaken all over the time of former minister Obaidul Quader.

A letter has been despatched from the Ministry to the Operations Division of the Making plans Fee to scale back the large quantity of expenditure. Just lately, the Senior Secretary of Street Shipping and Highways Division. Their revised construction funds calls for have been finalized within the funds control committee assembly held below the chairmanship of Ehchanul Haque. This time, the revision of Annual Construction Program (ADP) has began slightly previous.

In line with the Making plans Fee, the objective of the revised construction funds used to be set at 20 thousand 855 crores. Within the authentic ADP, an allocation of Tk 32 thousand 82 crore used to be allotted for the present monetary yr. Within the revised funds, probably the most allocation is diminished for the Division of Roads and Public Tactics. Out of the 18 thousand 93 crores allotted for the group, 7 thousand 127 crores are being deducted. Despite the fact that no allocation of DTCA has been diminished, nearly all the quantity of BRTC is being deducted.

Deductions from 4 tasks of Dhaka Mass Fast Transit (MRT) are Tk 1,794 crore, of which Tk 1,468 crore goes from MRT Line-1. And the deduction from MRT line-6 ​​is 324 crores.

However, 1 thousand 567 crore rupees had been allotted in the principle construction funds because the secretariat bulk allocation to the street delivery and highways division, however it’s being neglected. 4 thousand 811 crores of MRT tasks are being allotted.

In the meantime, the federal government has already diminished the allowances to scale back prices. Annual Construction Program (ADP) implementation has been 12.29 % in 5 months. 34 thousand 214 crore rupees had been waived within the closing 5 months.

The dimensions of ADP for the present monetary yr is estimated at two lakh 78 thousand 288 crores. There are 1,326 tasks below ADP within the present monetary yr.

MOS/MHR/ASM