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Shamsul Basunia //
China has consented to finance in constructing
desired Padma Rail Bridge which pushed the government to rethink in
constructing Dhaka-Maowa 4 lane project newly. It is learnt that the rail bridge would be
installed on the multipurpose Padma Bridge but the feasibility was uncertain
for many days. However higher officials of the Economic Relations Department
ERD recently visited China and received the consent of financing from China
government on constructing rail bridge over the dreamt Padma Bridge. The team
returned home and informed the consent to Rail Ministry. To start the
construction the bridge, the authority already has built three service areas at
three districts like Munshiganj, Shariatpur and Madaripur. An amended credit
proposal on this already has sent to ERD. Dewan Mohammad Abdul Quader,
executive engineer to main bridge project told officials would work main
bridge, river governing work under one and two service areas while the army
officials would take responsibility of number three service area. On the
contrary, Bridges Department already has consented to acquire land for the rail
bridge work. Railway Ministry would bear the expense for this, he added. The
dreamt Padma Bridge would be opened on 2019 if everything goes on right
direction, the concerned officials told. And on the very opening day, the train
plying would be started simultaneously. The officials informed Transport and
Bridges minister Obaidul Quader that the advancement of bridge constructing
work has been completed by 39 percent while the rest of the work would complete
within the stipulated time schedule. Brig Gen Hamidul Hoque PSC, Super in-ten
dent engineering core of Bangladesh Army and project director to Padma
Multipurpose Bridge was present on the occasion. If the bridge built nicely,
the people of 21 southern districts of the country would be directly benefitted
by financially, socially and politically that would be a tremendous achievement
to all people to the country as a whole.
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