Padma Bridge carpeting from Nov: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the carpeting work on the main structure of Padma Bridge will begin in the first week of November.

He said this while addressing a ceremony to hand over lease deeds for allocation of plots to those affected by Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project at rehabilitation sites.

Noting that Padma Bridge will be opened for vehicular movement by June 2022, Quader said the work progress of main structure of the bridge is now around 95 per cent while progress of river training stood at 85.25 percent.

Overall progress of Padma Bridge construction project is 88 per cent, he added.

Mentioning the slogan - “Sheikh Hasina’s Contribution, Padma Bridge Becomes Visible” - the minister said it is no more a slogan only rather it is now a visible reality.

He said seven rehabilitation sites have been constructed in either end of Padma Bridge.