প্রকাশ: 06/04/2022
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that
the long-cherished Padma Bridge will open to traffic at the end of this year,
saying the construction progress of the main bridge is 96.50 percent.
"The construction work is progressing fast aimed at
opening the Padma Bridge to traffic at the end of 2022," she said.
She said this while replying to a tabled question from a
treasury bench lawmaker from Naogaon-2 Md Shahiduzzaman Sarker during the PM's
question-answer session.
The 16th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad resumed this
morning with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
The prime minister called the construction of the Padma
Bridge project as most challenging in country's history, saying, "The
Padma Bridge is going to open in a developing nation like Bangladesh
confronting all the hurdles."
She said that the ongoing construction work of carpeting,
viaduct carpeting, waterproof membrane, movement joint of main bridge and
viaduct, lamppost, aluminum railing, gas pipeline, 400 KVA electricity and
railway line is in progress.
The prime minister said the construction of a 27 kilometres
link road from Nawdoba, Shariatpur end to the district town has already
started.
She said her government has begun the building of the
country's largest bridge --- 6.15 kilometres long and 18.10 metres wide --- in
2014 with own finance in 2014.
The construction was supposed to start in January 2009 and
end in December 2015, she said, adding: "But due to the conspiracy by a
vested section of people in the country, the World Bank stopped financing to
construct the bridge".
The premier said that the revised budget of the Padma Bridge
project is Tk 30,193.39 crore.
Sheikh Hasina said constructions of infrastructures are
important for the country's development.
She added: "So, the government has given importance to
develop the infrastructures. A huge change has been made during the last decade
during her government. Now, the country is starting a journey on the
development highways."
The government has taken various mega projects for ensuring
the country's overall development, she continued.
Sheikh Hasina, also the leader of the House, told the
parliament that her government took 17 notable mega projects which are now
being implemented.
The mega projects include Padma Multipurpose Bridge
Construction Project, Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, Moitre Super Tharmal Power
Project (Rampal), Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project, LNG Terminal
and Gas Pipeline Construction Project, Paira Sea Port, Paira Thermal Power
Plant, Padma Bridge Rail Link Project, Cox's Bazar Airport Development Project,
and Ashrayan Project.
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