Dhaka, May 7 -- Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Wednesday said he has instructed the secretary of the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Department (IMED) under the Ministry of Planning to visit the Matarbari Road project site to investigate allegations of corruption and irregularities.

Speaking to reporters after the regular meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at the NEC conference room, Mahmud referred to recent media reports that highlighted unusually high costs associated with the construction of a road in the Matarbari area-reportedly the most expensive in the country's history on a per-kilometre basis, UNB reports.

Defending the cost, he explained that much of the road passes th...