The government plans to repair dilapidated roads and highways across the country by June this year.
Road Transport and Highways Division Secretary Mohammad Nazrul Islam came up with the statement at a press conference at the Secretariat in Dhaka on Monday.
"The condition of highways would be developed by June and mentionable progress of the work will be visible by April," he said.
"We have set the work plan keeping monsoon factor in mind. But large projects would take two or three years," he added.
The secretary said Road Transport and Highways Division has attained hundred per cent success in implementing annual development programme (ADP) in the last five years consistently.
"We are working with utmost sincerity to keep up the success in the current fiscal too," he added.
Islam said floods and heavy rains have caused damages to many portion of the country's highways.
According to BSS, the division has taken different programmes to bring the highways in normal condition side by side taking up immediate measures to keep those operational, he said.
Some 23 monitoring teams of Road Transport and Bridges Ministry have been overseeing the programmes, the secretary said.
