Building charges in Bangladesh are very a lot higher than regional counterparts, while the standard of infrastructure stays comparatively decrease, in accordance with the findings of the white paper physique on economy formed by the intervening time govt.
Knowledge unearths that the tag of constructing a four-lane urban arterial avenue in Bangladesh is 4.4 times higher than in India and 2.15 times dearer than in Pakistan.
Particular projects spotlight this disparity: the Rangpur-Hatikumrul four-lane transport link tag $6.47 million per kilometre, while the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway reached $7.06 million per kilometre. The Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga four-lane Highway Project turn into as soon as priced at Tk113.7 crore per kilometre.
Explanations for these inflated charges in most cases consist of excessive land acquisition charges, reliance on imported equipment, steep import tariffs, and challenges linked to floodplain constructing. However, analyses by the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluate Division (IMED), investigative journalists, and reports of mission documents counsel that these components fail to fully interpret the tag discrepancies, the white paper committee found.
