Villagers suffer as bamboo bridge collapses
People of Tarapur union in Sundarganj upazila of the district are suffering as a bamboo bridge on a tributary of the Teesta River at Tambulpur collapsed during Saturday's storm.
Several thousand people of the union are now crossing the tributary by swimming or on rafts made of banana trees. This makes it very difficult for many people, especially children and women, to cross.
The residents of Khorda, Latshala and Ulipur char areas along Teesta River basin used to go to Sundarganj upazila headquarters using boats.
To make communication easier, people of the villages had come forward spontaneously and extended all possible help for erecting a bamboo bridge on the tributary to connect the char lands with Sundarganj upazila, said Palash Mia, a trader of the village.
It took nearly two months to construct the 190 feet long bridge across the tributary, he added.
"We contributed bamboos, nails and other equipment, including labour, for construction of the bridge over the tributary," said Nuruzzaman, an old farmer of Khorda village in Sundarganj upazila.
"It used to be troublesome to cross the river before we built the bridge, and now we have to face same trouble again because it is destroyed," said Nazrul Islam, a farmer.
Despite repeated appeals to the authorities concerned, a concrete bridge on the tributary has not been built as yet.
Contacted, Abdus Samad Khoka, chairman of Tarapur Union Parishad, said the damaged bridge will be rebuilt soon.
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