All 415 lamp posts installed on the 6.15km Padma Bridge were lit up all together for the very first time on Tuesday evening.
Padma Bridge Project Director Shafiqul Islam lit up the bridge by switching on 175-watt LED lights at all the lamp posts on trial basis at 6:30pm.
Later, sweets were distributed among local and foreign engineers.
A festive mood prevailed among the jubilant people living on both sides of the Padma River on the occasion.
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On Monday, all 207 lamp posts installed at the Mawa point of the bridge were lit up all together at 5:30pm.
Earlier on June 4, 24 lamp posts installed between the 14th and 19th pillar of the bridge were illuminated on a trial basis.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the bridge on June 25. The bridge will be opened up for vehicles on June 26.
