PM to open several development projects at Payra Seaport today

DHAKA, 27 October 2022, (TON): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of several development schemes at Payra Seaport to ensure its smooth operations with better facilities.

A press release said “the development works include capital dredging of the port, inauguration of eight ships, the first terminal and construction of a six-lane approach road and a bridge.”

It said “the premier will virtually inaugurate the development schemes, involving around Taka 11,072 crore, from her official residence Ganabhaban.”

The capital dredging of the seaport's Rabnabad channel will create a 75km-long, 100-125meter-wide and 10.5meter-deep channel, building a capacity to dock 40,000 tons of cargo or 3000 container-laden ships at the port.

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