Weather | Dhaka Low bridge to obstruct Turag traffic
14 letters of complaints from river authorities ignored as unauthorised housing project of bureaucrats needs link with Tongi-Ashulia bypass
Pinaki Roy
The LGED continues building this Bailey bridge on the Turag to connect Tongi-Ashulia bypass and a housing project -- Pratyasha -- violating the Dhaka Master Plant. Once built, the bridge will impede river traffic. Photo: Anisur RahmanThe Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) ignoring objections by Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) continues constructing a low bailey bridge, which, once built, would obstruct traffic movement on the Turag river.
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