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The government has approved a second cost revision of Tk144.63 crore for the Chattogram elevated expressway, raising the project’s total contract value to Tk3,513.70 crore.
The approval came at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP), chaired by Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury at the Secretariat on Thursday (November 12).
The elevated expressway runs from Lalkhan Bazar to Shah Amanat International Airport. Its contract value has increased from the original Tk2,720.05 crore to Tk3,513.70 crore, a rise of 29.18%.
The first cost variation raised the contract value by 23.86%, while the latest revision added a further 4.29%.
The committee also recommended awarding a Tk266.15 crore contract to Rana Builders (Pvt) Ltd for constructing a connecting road from the Karnaphuli Tunnel in Anwara to Gachbaria on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar National Highway.
In another decision, it recommended a Tk56.90 crore cost variation for the four-laning of the Shikolbaha-Anwara road, which links the Karnaphuli Tunnel with Anwara upazila. The revision will raise the contract value from Tk266.15 crore to Tk323.05 crore, an increase of 21.379%.
The work was awarded to a joint venture of National Development Engineers Ltd, Hassan Techno Builders Ltd and Taher Brothers Ltd.
The committee also recommended two construction contracts worth Tk339.44 crore for Rangamati Medical College and Hospital and its Nursing College.
Noorani Construction Ltd was recommended for a seven-storey hospital building, with a seven-storey foundation, at Tk230.86 crore. Delta Engineers & Consortium Ltd was recommended for a seven-storey academic building, also with a seven-storey foundation, at Tk108.58 crore.
Other decisions included awarding a Tk361.97 crore contract to UNDP Bangladesh for consultancy services under the Land Management Automation Project. The work will cover data entry, verification and correction of khatian and land-holding records.
For the 2026 academic year, the committee approved a Tk23.68 crore cost variation to print additional textbooks for Classes IV and V under 94 of the 98 procurement lots. The revised contract value will rise from Tk187.11 crore to Tk210.79 crore, covering an additional 36,290,792 copies.
The committee also recommended procuring 19.375 million third-generation oral contraceptive pills from Popular Pharmaceuticals PLC at Tk96.54 crore under a project to complete unfinished essential family planning, maternal, child and reproductive health activities of the Fourth Sector Programme.
Under the Resilient Infrastructure for Adaptation and Vulnerability Reduction (RIVER) project, it recommended awarding a Tk326.19 crore contract to Wahid Construction Ltd to build 40 government primary schools-cum-flood shelters in Madaripur.
It further recommended procuring blankets worth Tk10.54 crore in five packages for the Department of Disaster Management through open tendering. Jisus Fashion Ltd was recommended for one of the packages.
The meeting considered procurement proposals from several ministries and divisions, including road transport and highways, housing and public works, land, primary and mass education, health and family welfare, local government and disaster management.