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Deep-sea port: Foundation laying in Dec 2010
Staff Reporter
The foundation stone of the much-talked-about Sonadia deep-sea port will be laid in December 2010. The decision came at a meeting at the Shipping Ministry yesterday.
The meeting decided to form an eight-member committee in this regard.
Commodore Reazuddin Ahmed, Chairman of the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) will head the committee while AKM Saifullah, former director general of department of Shipping will be member secretary of the committee.
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan presided over the meeting. Abdul Mannan Hawlader, acting secretary of the Shipping Ministry and high officials of the concerned departments were present.
The committee would submit design and develop a project profile of the seaport, and suggest appointment of consultant by December 31 of the current year.
The construction work of the deep-sea port will be accomplished in three phases.
The first phase construction work of the deep-sea port at Maheskahli upazila in Cox’s Bazar would cost approximately Tk 15 thousand crore. The work is expected to be completed by 2016.
