The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council or ECNEC cleared The Sundarbans Conservation Project to protect the world's largest mangrove forest in a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday. Programmes will be conducted to track all sorts of animals, their habitats and diseases, and strengthen patrols under the project. "The authorities will implement the project to protect the Sundarbans in a sustainable manner throughout the modernisation of internal communication system with ICT," Zakir said. The ECNEC meeting approved as many as six projects at a total estimated cost of Tk 95 billion, Planning Minister MA Mannan said. Of these, the government will provide Tk 39.25 billion while the rest will come through project assistance.

Source: bd News24 January 05, 2021 20:37 UTC