The installation of railway track on the lower deck of Padma Bridge began on Saturday.
Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan inaugurated the works at Jazira end of the bridge around 12:05pm.
During the inauguration, he said that the track installation will be completed within the next four months.
“Six passenger trains will run through the railway bridge,” he added.
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The 169km Dhaka-Jashore Padma Bridge Rail Link Project, one of the government’s priority projects, will be completed in three parts — from Dhaka to Mawa, from Mawa to Bhanga, and from Bhanga to Jashore.
As of August 4, 62 per cent of the work has been completed from Dhaka to Mawa, 81 per cent completed from Mawa to Bhanga, and work progress from Bhanga to Jashore was 52 per cent.
Bangladesh Railway is implementing the rail link project at a cost of around Tk 40,000 crore.
Earlier on June 25, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the much-awaited Padma Bridge with the incomplete railway tracks, and vehicular movement started the next day on the upper deck of the bridge.
