International
river port will be built in Rajshahi beside the Padma River. India's delegation
is coming soon. The excavation work at BDT 57 crore will start soon. One of the
purposes is to build an International river port in Rajshahi is to increase
trade with India. In order to build a deep channel in the Padma River for
setting up the river port, steps have been taken to start the navigability by
digging the Padma.
This whole
development work will be implemented by the joint initiative of Bangladesh and India.
So there were discussions between the two countries. A representative team of
India will come soon to visit the location in Rajshahi city. But before that
the excavation work has been started by the government as an initiative in
around 6 kilometers of Padma river bank.
Rajshahi
city corporation mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton said that a 6 kilometer stretch
from Sonai Kandi to Pathanpara would be excavated at a cost of Taka 57 crore. There
will be 2.6 million cubic meters of soil. Dr Golam Sarwar, the caretaker
engineer of the Dredger Operation Circle, said they would drag in the river
until mid June. If targeted excavation work not achieved during that period,
then they will wait till next dry season.
Mayor of
Rajshahi City Corporation said that the river port will be cost effective in
bringing goods from India and from other parts of the country. Bangladeshi
businessmen will be able to bring products at low cost. Again, Indian
businessmen can invest here and can export products to their country or others.
The traders of the two countries will get benefit if the river port is built
here.
It is to
be noted that during the Pakistan period there was a river port in Rajshahi. Lots
of large ships of the country including India came to Rajshahi with goods and
products. The sweet famous mango of Rajshahi supplied to Dhaka by ship earlier.
But after the Farakka barrage, nowadays, the shelf wakes up all year round
except for three months of rainy season. There is an attempt to build the river
port again by removing this sand.
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