The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) is planning to hand over industrial plots to the investors in Mirsarai Economic Zone (EZ) after few months
BEPZA General Manager Nazma Binte Alamgir said road development works of the economic zone are going on and earth filling works will start soon.
“After making the EZ suitable for the investment, we hope to start the plot handover process within this year (2019),” BEPZA general manager said, reports BSS.
Nazma Binte Alamgir said BEPZA has made a plan to develop land for 250 industrial units in the first phase of the project by June, 2021.
She informed that 15-20 investors have already shown their interest to get plots in the economic zone.
On May 2018, BEPZA and Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) signed a memorandum of understanding on the planned zone.
Under the MoU, BEZA has allocated 1,150 acres of land to BEPZA for setting up the economic zone.
She said BEPZA is expecting creation of 150,000 employments in the Mirsarai EZ within 2021.
Nazma said eight export processing zones under BEPZA located at different parts of the country have already earned reputation for attracting investments.