Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the authorities concerned for revising the rate schedules of different works of development projects in line with the changing prices of construction materials.
The Premier also directed the authorities concerned to consider the latest exchange rate of US dollars before preparing the drafts of the development projects as the exchange rate of US dollars often influence the overall expenditure of the projects.
The Prime Minister gave such directives while chairing the 1st meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) of this fiscal year (FY24) held today at the NEC Conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, Planning Minister MA Mannan said that the Prime Minister in the meeting noted that the prices of construction materials like iron, cement, stones and bricks are witnessing an uptrend in the market, for which the prices of such items often go up during the implementation period compared to the exact time of framing the rate schedule of development projects.বিস্তারিত