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Bangladesh approves $7.2 bn airport project
Bangladesh on Sunday approved plans for a new international airport near Dhaka to be completed by 2013, officials said.
The USD 7.2 billion Sheikh Mujibur Rahman airport, named after the Bangladesh independence leader, will have two runways with provision for a third and will be connected to the capital by an elevated expressway and a monorail.
The exact location of Bangaldesh's third international airport will be chosen from three possible sites within 50 km (31 miles) of Dhaka, following a feasibility study, civil aviation officials said.
Construction of the airport will be funded under a public private partnership project.
"The project, proposed by the Finance Minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith in the parliament last year was approved at a meeting of the cabinet on Sunday," a senior government official told reporters.
Dhaka's existing Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, opened in 1980, has only one runway and could not be expanded due the a lack of land.
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Bangladesh on Sunday approved plans for a new international airport near Dhaka to be completed by 2013, officials said.
The USD 7.2 billion Sheikh Mujibur Rahman airport, named after the Bangladesh independence leader, will have two runways with provision for a third and will be connected to the capital by an elevated expressway and a monorail.
The exact location of Bangaldesh's third international airport will be chosen from three possible sites within 50 km (31 miles) of Dhaka, following a feasibility study, civil aviation officials said.
Construction of the airport will be funded under a public private partnership project.
"The project, proposed by the Finance Minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith in the parliament last year was approved at a meeting of the cabinet on Sunday," a senior government official told reporters.
Dhaka's existing Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, opened in 1980, has only one runway and could not be expanded due the a lack of land.
http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/wor...ct_481576.html
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