Dhaka, Nov. 2 -- The interim government has saved Taka 185 crore from electro-mechanical work of the metro rail in Motijheel-Kamalapur section.

The contracting company that submitted the tender in June 2018 for the electro-mechanical system work of the Motijheel to Kamalapur section has been recently appointed, according to a road transport and bridges ministry release issued on Wednesday.

The official said the Revised Development Project Proposal (RDPP) (Second Amendment) had allocated Taka 274 crore for this section, which was also approved as expenditure.The release said, the actual expenditure was fixed through tender evaluation, which depended on inflation, currency exchange rates, complexity of raw material supply and transportati...