Wednesday, March 14th, 2007The caretaker government will soon take stern action against industries releasing pollutants into rivers since the water quality of rivers surrounding the capital deteriorated considerably during the last seven months, LGRD and Cooperatives Adviser Anwarul Iqbal said yesterday."We will conduct drives very soon to curb the pollution in the industrial belt of the capital. New laws will be enacted or the existing laws will be amended if necessary," said the adviser while addressing as the chief guest at a workshop yesterday.The World Bank and Bangladesh government jointly organised the workshop on 'Industrial Pollution and Environment Compliance in the Greater ...
(read more) Saturday, February 17th, 2007The government's plan to construct a 3.5-kilometre elevated roadway connecting Panthapath and Rampura without protecting Hatirjheel canal will cause perpetual waterlogging in the areas sprawling along the proposed structure. The urban planners fear that the massive construction without a comprehensive programme for the surroundings might result in loss of Hatirjheel and the adjoining wetlands. It would damage the natural beauty as well.The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has taken up the roadway project estimated to cost Tk 530 crore to ease traffic congestion at the ever-teeming Sonargaon crossing, where, a study says, fuel worth around Tk 70 lakh burns out every ...
(read more) Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006The Cabinet Purchase Committee yesterday rejected procurement proposals for two projects including a water treatment plant for Chittagong Wasa, and directed the authorities concerned to put out the contracts to re-tender due to irregularities in the previous bidding processes.The purchase committee meeting chaired by Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman, however, approved 17 other projects, despite many of those being identified as irregular, sources said.Members of the committee rejected a LGRD ministry proposal for awarding a Tk 64 crore contract to local DCL & Associates for setting up a water treatment plant for Chittagong Wasa, according to sources.By analysing ...
(read more) Monday, August 21st, 2006The Cabinet Purchase Committee is set to consider today, approval of a record number of government procurements worth over Tk 2,447 crore many of which were rejected earlier by the government itself while the others were identified as irregular.There are 21 projects worth Tk 708 crore on the official agenda of the purchase committee meeting while two other schemes might be tabled as 'miscellaneous' items today.Sources said various vested interest groups involved with the problematic projects believe that there is a little time to rectify the anomalies and for getting them approved by the purchase committee within the tenure of ...
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