Rajshahi City
Corporation (RCC) and China's state-owned Company Power China signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of Rajshahi in different
sectors by creating a master plan. Under the agreement, China will create
Master plan within the next three years in eight sectors including construction
of dams on the bank of Padma River and satellite town etc will be built.
Rajshahi will be a famous Mega city in the country.
There will be
various Entertainment centers, specialized hospitals, Eco-park and Science City
etc. Expansion of Hazrat Shah Makhdum Airport, infrastructure development and
technical facilities will be done. In addition, Suarez drainage system and
waste management, urban transport system will be developed in the city area.
The agreement
has been signed recently by Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton for the Rajshahi City
Corporation and Mr. Han Kun, Business Development Manager of Power China, for
the development of these projects. As a result, the door to the vast potential
of the development of Rajshahi base on a Master plan was unveiled. The overall picture
of Rajshahi area will be changed after implementation of the 50-year long-time
Master Plan.
Mayor
Khairuzzaman Liton said, at present the size of the city corporation is small.
The size of the city corporation will be expanded to around 410 sq km. Power China
will create a master-plan based on eight sectors identified in this large area
to provide people all the facilities. Under the agreement, a master plan will
be prepared within next three years. Later, projects will be implemented one after
another on priority basis within next 50 years.
Meanwhile, 40
mega projects are now implementing in 8 districts of Rajshahi division with the
cost of more than 1.25 billion BD Taka. The Ruppur Nuclear Power Plant is being
constructed at a cost of more than BDT 1,13,092 crores on 990 acres of land in
Ishwardi, Pabna.
The
construction of Bangladesh Silicon City (Hi-Tech Park) is going on fast in
31.63 acres of land in Rajshahi City with a cost of BDT 281.91 crore. After
completing its construction in June this year, there will be employment opportunity
for more than 14 thousand people in this Hi-Tech Park.
Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theater is being built on 2.30 acres of land at
Rajshahi City at a cost of BDT 222 Crore. Construction work will be completed
in June 2020.
200 bed
Rajshahi Shishu Hospital is being constructed in Rajshahi City on 2.44 acres of
land at a cost of 32 crore.
The Roads and
Highways Department is implementing seven different projects worth BD Tk
2136.37 crore in Rajshahi division. So far, total 16 percent of all these
projects have already been completed.
Bangladesh
Water Development Board is implementing eight mega projects in the northwestern
part of the country at BD Tk 2260.14 crore.
The
Department of Agricultural Extension of Bangladesh is implementing eight
projects worth BD Tk 2946.62 crore in Rajshahi.
The
Department of Public Health Engineering is implementing six projects worth of
BD Tk 35.96 crore.
The
Bangladesh Railway is implementing four projects at the cost of Tk. 1829.76
crore.
The metropolitan
city Rajshahi is a major urban, commercial and educational area of Bangladesh
which is located on the north bank of the Padma River. After completion of all
the projects this city will be one of the beautiful mega city in the country.
rajshahi is good as it is
ReplyDeleteI love this city because of not only that I born here but also for its natural beauty and calmness.
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