Waste management project involves Tk 827cr

Staff Correspondent: LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam said pressure on land should be reduced through modernising the waste management system.

The minister said this while speaking as the chief guest at a review meeting of ‘Aminbazar Landfill Expansion and Modernisation’ project of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) at the ministry conference room at secretariat here on Sunday.

Tazul said the government will implement the project at the cost of around Tk 827 crore with an aim to solve the DNCC’s waste management problem permanently.

The project fully financed by the government will be implemented within three years, he added.


risingbd/Dhaka/June 23, 2019/Asad/AI