📋 Tender Overview
ScopeThe widening of the 38km Baraiyerhat-Hiako-Ramgarh road from 5.5 metres now to 7.3 metres in Ramgarh upazila under Khagrachhari district would be performed by the Roads and Highways Department between January 2020 and June 2022.India would provide Tk 581.2 crore for the project from its third line of credit extended to Bangladesh which would bear the rest of the cost.The project would contribute to establishing road network between the Chattogram port and the Ramgarh land port and open the door for two-way trade between Bangladesh and India through SabramRamgarh land port according to the project documents. The proposed road is 72km off from the Chattogram port and 201km off from Dhaka.The project which was included in the list of the new unapproved projects in the annual development programme last fiscal year is expected to widen the import and export activities between India and Bangladesh and improve the socio-economic conditions of the people in the area.The implementation of the project would establish a safe developed and time- and cost-efficient road transport network between the two countries according to the project proposal.The project aims at engaging Rohingyas displaced from Myanmar in productive activities improving service quality at camps and boosting their resilience.Under the project 110000 Rohingyas mainly women minor children old and disabled would be employed in providing community services. This would increase the resiliency of 550000 people project documents showed.
