The work of building a common effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the proposed tannery estate in Savar is likely to start next month after selection of the construction firm, officials said.
With the start of the construction work of CETP, the tannery estate relocation process would pick up steam as tannery owners have been blaming the bureaucratic tangle for its inordinate delay.
Officials said two international firms were primarily selected in April for the work on setting up of the treatment plant after the tendering for Tk 4.5 billion project was floated.
VATECH of India and JLEPCL of China were selected out of 13 local and international firms that took part in the bidding for the construction work.
Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation, the implementing agency, received the financial offers from selected firms and the technical committee comprising experts from BUET, WASA and DCC is now evaluating it.
"We will complete our evaluation at the end of this month and may submit our evaluation report in early next month," said Monsur Reza Chowdhury, Chairman of the technical committee.
Mr. Chowdhury, also Finance Director of BSCIC, told the FE after completing the evaluation, there will be little formalities. "I think theconstruction work will begin sometime in August," he added.
When contacted, Industries Minister Dilip Barua said the CETP construction would begin by the end of next month.
"If something unusual happens in starting the work, it may go after Eid ul Fitr," he said.
But the shifting of tannery firms from Hazaribagh to Savar still remains uncertain as CETP construction work will take at least three years to complete.
In the meantime, the project named 'Dhaka Tannery Estate Project (DTEP)' would expire in June next year. An official of 'tannery estate' said they would seek extension.
A member of the tannery estate said the much-hyped relocation process of tanneries from the capital is not possible in three years.
Some 197 businessmen secured plots from the 200-acre project, although about 60 per cent of the development work is yet to be completed.
There is allegation that tannery owners are not cooperative in paying installments for the plots.
The Industries Minister Dilip Barua said after construction of CETP they would go for tough action on the defaulting tanneries.
On July 3 this year, the government sought two more years from the High Court to set up CETP) in Savar following the end of deadline on April 30 this year.
Earlier, the government twice sought two years from the court for the relocation, but the court granted six months.
The relocation process started nearly 10 years ago following an HC verdict in 2001. Following the verdict, the government undertook a project to develop the leather estate at Harinbari in Savar.
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With the start of the construction work of CETP, the tannery estate relocation process would pick up steam as tannery owners have been blaming the bureaucratic tangle for its inordinate delay.
Officials said two international firms were primarily selected in April for the work on setting up of the treatment plant after the tendering for Tk 4.5 billion project was floated.
VATECH of India and JLEPCL of China were selected out of 13 local and international firms that took part in the bidding for the construction work.
Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation, the implementing agency, received the financial offers from selected firms and the technical committee comprising experts from BUET, WASA and DCC is now evaluating it.
"We will complete our evaluation at the end of this month and may submit our evaluation report in early next month," said Monsur Reza Chowdhury, Chairman of the technical committee.
Mr. Chowdhury, also Finance Director of BSCIC, told the FE after completing the evaluation, there will be little formalities. "I think theconstruction work will begin sometime in August," he added.
When contacted, Industries Minister Dilip Barua said the CETP construction would begin by the end of next month.
"If something unusual happens in starting the work, it may go after Eid ul Fitr," he said.
But the shifting of tannery firms from Hazaribagh to Savar still remains uncertain as CETP construction work will take at least three years to complete.
In the meantime, the project named 'Dhaka Tannery Estate Project (DTEP)' would expire in June next year. An official of 'tannery estate' said they would seek extension.
A member of the tannery estate said the much-hyped relocation process of tanneries from the capital is not possible in three years.
Some 197 businessmen secured plots from the 200-acre project, although about 60 per cent of the development work is yet to be completed.
There is allegation that tannery owners are not cooperative in paying installments for the plots.
The Industries Minister Dilip Barua said after construction of CETP they would go for tough action on the defaulting tanneries.
On July 3 this year, the government sought two more years from the High Court to set up CETP) in Savar following the end of deadline on April 30 this year.
Earlier, the government twice sought two years from the court for the relocation, but the court granted six months.
The relocation process started nearly 10 years ago following an HC verdict in 2001. Following the verdict, the government undertook a project to develop the leather estate at Harinbari in Savar.
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?date=2011-07-21&news_id=143481
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