Chinese Firm to Collect Toll from Bangabandhu Tunnel

The government has approved a proposal for appointing the China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) to collect tolls from the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under Karnaphuli River in the Chattogram district, reports BSS.

The approval came Wednesday from the 12th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) this year held virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.

While briefing reporters after the meeting, Cabinet Division Additional Secretary Zillur Rahman Chowdhury informed that the meeting approved a proposal of the Bridges Division to appoint the CCCC as a service provider and operator for toll collection activities of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram district.