Ctg region’s monetary zones to get five jetties
Five jetties and necessary infrastructure will be create in the economical zones in the country's south-eastern part to make sure comfortable and safe movement of people together with tourism and landing facilities.
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will implement the project involving about Tk 1,923 crore in cooperation with the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza) between July 2020 and June 2023.
The government provides the fund and the Beza should come up with land to implement the project, based on the project proposal.
The jetties will provide infrastructure facilities to transport the rising volume of goods and items for local persons in Chittagong and Cox's Bazar and they'll contribute to the monetary development, Paban Chowdhury, executive chairman of the Beza, told The Daily Star.
The agency has urged the BIWTA to establish the jetties in the zones.
The proposal has been delivered to the shipping ministry seeking consent. Later, it'll be sent to the look commission for approval, said a source at the BIWTA.
The jetties can help expand tourism activities and attract foreign and domestic tourists through modern landing facilities, Chowdhury said.
They will also help expand financial activities by spurring water-borne transport businesses and generate jobs.
Local farmers and small businessmen should be able to transport their products within a short time and at lower costs, he said.
The planned jetties will be built on Sandwip channel on the banks of the Naf river in Teknaf and in Maheshkhali island.
The Mirsarai Economic Zone, which is situated on the bank of Sandwip channel, could be the industrial hub where thousands of workers will continue to work, according to the Beza executive chairman.
They will move between the zone and Sandwip island and adjacent areas. So, jetties will be required because of their smooth movement, he said.
At Subrang-Jaliar Dwip in Teknaf and Sonadia island in Cox's Bazar, eco-tourism parks are being create with a view to attracting a large number of tourists every day later on.
Beneath the project, the BIWTA will dredge 3.67 lakh cubic metres of area for safe berthing of water vessels and find 25.86 lakh acres of land.
It'll construct 75,480 square feet in jetty space, 8,485 square metre in parking yard, 24,000 square metre access road, and 4,000 metre embankment to save river banks.
The BIWTA will construct the 23,488 square metre port complex.
The construction of several economical zones is going on in Mirsarai and Cox's Bazar region.
A specialist team of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology has prepared the look for jetties and yards and completed the feasibility study.
