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The government has approved a proposal to spend Tk361.97 crore on consultancy services for entering, verifying and correcting khatian and land holding records under the Land Management Automation Project, recommending the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangladesh for the work.
The approval was recommended at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase, chaired by Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday (November 12).
The committee also recommended proposals to build 40 government primary schools-cum-flood shelters in Madaripur and procure blankets for the Department of Disaster Management.
According to meeting sources, the consultancy services will be procured under the second revised Land Management Automation Project. The proposed contract is worth Tk361,96,93,950, with UNDP Bangladesh recommended as the consultant.
Under a proposal from the Local Government Division, 40 government primary schools-cum-flood shelters will be constructed in Madaripur under the World Bank- and government-funded Resilient Infrastructure for Adaptation and Vulnerability Reduction (RIVER) project, implemented by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED).
The proposed contract, worth Tk326,00,19,707.62, has been recommended for Wahid Construction Ltd.
The committee also recommended procuring blankets for the Department of Disaster Management under five packages through the open tendering method (OTM) on the e-GP system, using revenue budget funds.
The total estimated cost of the blanket procurement is Tk10,53,50,732. Jisas Fashion Ltd, based at 66 Hajipara, DIT Road (second floor), Dhaka, was recommended for one of the packages.