Dhaka, Jan. 23 -- The government is yet to find ways to close one of the troubled projects of the Awami League regime, though the proposal for extending its deadline and increasing the cost was rejected in July last year.

Sources say a meeting chaired by Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, adviser for rail and road transport, in October decided to revive the project to carry out only the emergency work within the approved cost of Tk 42.86 billion.

But no step has been taken till now, leaving the 20km corridor from Gazipur to Dhaka airport unsafe, they add.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) rejected the fourth revision proposal for the Greater Dhaka Sustainable Urban Transport project on July 27, 2025.

The propos...