RDA implements Tk 1,077.59-cr uplift projects

The Rajshahi Development Authority (RDA) is implementing 11 development projects involving around Taka 1,077.59 crore for elevating living and livelihood condition of the city dwellers.

Abdullah al Tarique, executive engineer of RDA, said a project of road- widening from Court to Bypass road is being implemented involving around Taka 106.58 crore.

The project has the provision of constructing 2.25 km bituminous road carpeting, 3,010-meter RCC drain with common duct, eight RCC culverts, 4,500- meter water, electricity and gas supply lines each and 2,250 meter T&T line along the four-lane road.

The RDA is also constructing another 5-km four-lane road from near RUET campus to Bypass road at a cost of around Taka 159.29 crore.

The road will have 9,000 meter RCC drain and eight culverts, a four-lane overpass along with installations of 5,000 meter water, power, gas and telephone lines each.

It will also implement another project to make Rajshahi Metropolitan Development Plan sensible to disaster risks through updating the Effective Mega and Detailed Area Plans at a cost of around Taka 18.36 crore.

“We are going to establish “Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Square” at Talaimari crossing with an estimated cost of around Taka 59.28 crore,” said Engineer Tarique.

Majority work on Barnoy Residential Area Development project was completed. Main project works of the Taka 69.56-crore project are: development of 227 residential plots, construction of 1.86 km single-lane road with bituminous carpeting, 4086 meter RCC drain and 18 culverts and water and power supply to the entire area.

“We have also one more residential area development project of around Taka 69.56 crore,” Engineer Tarique said adding that 18.11 acres lands were acquired for the project.

At present, there are five other projects in the pipeline involving Taka 694.97 crore. Three new connecting roads- one from Shalbagan to Sucharan crossing via Kapasia, another from Binodpur to Halidagachhi and the last from
Chhotobangram to Meherchandi will be constructed.

Captain Monsur Ali Park will be decorated and modernized and the Parijat Lake will be developed to attract more visitors there. RDA has a plan of vertical extension of its existing five-storey building to 10-storey one at
an estimated cost of around Taka 21.04 crore.

Engineer Tarique expects, on successful implementation of the uplift project, the scenario of the city and the living condition and livelihood of the city dwellers will be changed.

Implementation work on two other major projects was completed at a cost of around Taka 117.35 crore around five to six years back.