Bangladesh\u2019s largest river bridge is expected to bolster country\u2019s economy through a landmark connection between capital Dhaka and the country’s southern region.<\/p>\n
Construction of the Padma bridge, a multipurpose road-rail bridge across the Padma River, is expected to be complete by end-2020 and open for plying by mid-2021.<\/p>\n
“Our overall progress in construction is 82 percent and currently we are working very smoothly. If nothing unpredictable happens, we must be able to complete it by December 2020”, M Shafiqul Islam, director of the bridge project told foreign\u00a0 news agency.<\/p>\n
This is the largest project in the country\u2019s communication sector in terms of size and expenditure, he added, “And we do not expect another mega project [like this one] in the near future.”<\/p>\n
the 6.15-kilometer-long (3.8 miles) billion-dollar project turned into an uncertainty as the World Bank withdrew its promised $1.2 billion loan on allegation of corruption, resulting in then the Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain Hossain to quit in 2012.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, however, brushed aside the corruption charge and declared a challenge to construct the bridge with internal resources.<\/p>\n
The strategic bridge was also marked as one of the core campaigning issues of the South Asian country\u2019s national polls in 2014 and 2018.<\/p>\n
Promising no more delay, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said last week that the construction works of the bridge project had progressed by 73%.<\/p>\n
“We hope to finish the construction of the Padma Bridge by December next year.” Quader said.<\/p>\n
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