Foundation stone laid for 43.68 crore taka development works at Pirojpur Polytechnic

The foundation stone has been laid for infrastructure development works worth about 43 crore 68 lakh taka at Pirojpur Polytechnic Institute. On Friday (November 6), State Minister for Housing and Public Works Ahammod Sohel Manjur, MP, laid the foundation stone on the institute premises.

The works in Pirojpur are being implemented under a development project covering 23 polytechnic institutes across the country. Md Zahirul Islam, executive engineer (current charge) of the Education Engineering Department in Pirojpur, shared this information at a programme held after the foundation-laying ceremony.

Zahirul Islam said preliminary preparations and collection of materials for the project began after August 5. Contractors have already stocked the necessary materials, and construction will now proceed at full pace.

A six-storey workshop building with a six-storey foundation on single piles will be built at a cost of 14 crore 81 lakh taka. The building will be used for hands-on training of students.

In addition, a six-storey administrative building on a pile foundation will be built at a cost of 11 crore 64 lakh taka, and a six-storey academic building on a pile foundation at a cost of 14 crore 10 lakh taka.

Alongside the buildings, a retaining wall, a boundary wall and the main gate of Pirojpur Polytechnic Institute will be built at a cost of 3 crore 12 lakh taka.

The executive engineer added that the works will be completed on time and to standard under the overall supervision of the district administration, the upazila administration and the Education Engineering Department, and in line with the state minister's directions.

A special prayer was offered after the foundation stone was laid and the plaque unveiled. Teachers, students and local residents were present on the institute premises at the time.

Among others present at the programme were Pirojpur Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Golam Rabbani, Pirojpur district BNP member secretary Saidul Islam Kismat, officials of the local administration and the Education Engineering Department, the project contractors, and local political and social dignitaries.