Five projects of Tk 1,022cr get nod

The government yesterday gave the go-ahead to five projects involving Tk 1,022 crore.

The projects include a scheme for the spending of an additional Tk 249 crore to prevent erosion of the banks of the Padma river, according to the decision of the cabinet committee on economic affairs.

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The committee also approved a proposal of over Tk 640 crore for building a bridge over the Payra river.

It also approved an agriculture ministry proposal on constructing a pavilion at the seventh edition of the Horticultural Exhibition to be held at Almere in the Netherlands.